Rather than dislocating its jaw before swallowing prey, the python devours animals thanks to a stretchy piece of connective tissue that connects its lower jaw to its skull.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study. That means more animals are on the menu across southern Florida, where the nonnative, invasive ...

Scientists have unlocked the mystery of how Burmese pythons digest bones without leaving any trace in their droppings. The ...

Wildlife officials in the Florida Everglades are flipping the script on predator versus prey with robotic rabbits. Watch this ...

Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study. That means more animals are on the menu across southern Florida, where the nonnative, invasive ...

Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study. That means more animals are on the menu across southern Florida, where the nonnative, invasive snakes ...

Invasive pythons kill deer, bobcats, otters, racoons, even alligators. But now there’s proof that some of those animals are fighting back. Recent studies show that juvenile pythons are on the ...

Burmese python caught swallowing full-sized deer proves the invasive snakes are eating bigger native prey in Florida, study says.

Pythons are nonvenomous, but they grab prey with their mouth and then constrict their body around the prey to suffocate it to death, according to the San Diego Zoo.