NEW YORK — Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not ...

Florida is transforming invasive Burmese pythons into high-end fashion accessories, a novel approach to environmental conservation. This state-backed initiative partners with a textile manufacturer to ...

A Florida craftsman has come up with a novel way of tackling both the coronavirus pandemic and the problem of invasive pythons and iguanas that damage the state's fragile ecosystem. Brian Woods, the ...

The first time Elle Barbeito skinned an invasive Burmese python she almost lost her lunch. Twice. Initially she nicked the snake’s stomach with the razor and semi-digested prey spilled out. Things got ...