Burmese pythons are using trees to bask during Florida's cooler months with the heavy adult snakes preferring cypress species and live oaks.

Their time above ground also shifted seasonally, rising during Florida's cooler dry months.

Scientists have documented invasive Burmese pythons in climbing trees, a behavior not previously studied in detail. The snakes appear to use trees for basking in the sun to regulate their body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists studying Burmese python reproduction in Florida's southwestern cypress swamps and willow marshes stumbled upon an ...

A Burmese python basking in a willow tree in the Everglades. U.S. Geological Survey USA TODAY Network, Reuters Scientists studying Burmese python reproduction in Florida's southwestern cypress swamps ...