Video of a Florida alligator gliding across Everglades water with a large Burmese python clamped in its jaws has become a recurring viral spectacle, and for good reason. The footage captures a rare, ...

America’s largest reptiles—like the American alligator, American crocodile, leatherback sea turtle, alligator snapping turtle, and invasive Burmese python—are powerful forces in their ecosystems.