While examining the invasive python population in Florida, researchers stumbled across the unexpected: a kind of hybrid super snake.

The U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, is collecting DNA to track a new snake hybrid in the Everglades.A genetic research study, published this month, examined… ...

Hybrid pythons strike in Florida Everglades A genetic study has found that some specimens of the invasive reptile that has decimated local wildlife are a mixture of ...

Newly Discovered Hybrid Pythons Are Threatening Florida’s Wildlife A new study has found that some invasive Burmese pythons carry DNA from another snake, which could make them more adaptable ...

Interestingly, the vast majority of the samples appeared to be closely related Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus), meaning there were quite a number of 2nd and 3rd cousins.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – With no natural predators in the Sunshine State, pythons native to Southeast Asia have taken over the Florida Everglades. The slithering creatures killed off a large ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Hybrid man-eating pythons? Florida is on alert. Scientists worry that two species of nonnative pythons now near the Everglades could breed, yielding more aggressive offspring.

So if the Burmese pythons and the African rock pythons start hooking up out in the swamps, we could soon have a gang of "hybrid vigor," man-eating, gigantic snakes hanging out in the Everglades.

New hybrid pythons discovered in southern Florida could be stronger and even more dangerous to native wildlife than their invasive parents.

Researchers have warned that two non-native species of python currently slithering free in south Florida could morph into a giant man-eating swamp coil. Researchers have warned that two non-native ...

Hybrid snakes with the ability to live in various environments discovered in Florida: Study The snakes were discovered among the invasive python population in Florida.