Burmese pythons are spreading across Florida, but experts warn they may soon adapt to survive in colder climates.

This Burmese python stands apart because of its striking granite pattern, which looks very different from the markings commonly seen in the wild. The keeper explains that the unusual trait began with a single wild snake before breeders carefully reproduced it in captivity.

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book called 'Where the Python Sleeps'.

Burmese pythons are scarcely recorded in Lee County, but experts say the data is a faulty reflection of the invasive species' actual population.

An unusual discovery in the Florida Everglades may carry a bit of good news. Researchers spotted vultures eating eggs from a Burmese python nest in what they described as the first recorded case of native birds targeting the invasive snake's eggs.