Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely on overpowering and swallowing prey whole. But even experienced predators ...

If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists realized. The study ...

HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — Alice the albino python had a little too much to eat for dinner. Just hours before its owner, rocker Alice Cooper, was to take the stage at a theater in Wallingford last weekend, ...

UC Professor Bruce Jayne poses with a Burmese python specimen with a 22-centimeter gape, right, compared to an even larger specimen with a 26-centimeter gape. Credit: Bruce Jayne UC Professor Bruce ...

When someone says “giant snake,” your brain probably jumps straight to a movie scene — you know, a huge slithery beast lurking in the jungle, ready to snatch a person like it’s grabbing a snack.

With the global quest for sustainable food sources becoming more urgent, scientists have zeroed in on new alternatives to traditional livestock — including snakes. In a year-long study published in ...

Snakes: They’re what’s for dinner. Or they could be, if Florida scientists determine that it’s safe to put snakes on a plate. The effort is part of the state’s ongoing attempt to cull pythons, an ...

A new study reflects a broadening search for more climate-friendly sustainable protein sources. University of Florida researchers hold a 15-foot Burmese python captured in Everglades National Park in ...