Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey/photo by Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service

Invaders: How Burmese Pythons Are Devouring the Everglades

Burmese pythons are eating machines. An adult snake can grow to nearly 20 ft., and it can eat everything from raccoons to bobcats to deer to alligators, killing its prey by constriction and then swallowing them whole. On the jungle food chain, Burmese pythons rest near the top. Burmese pythons are also — as the [...]