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 ...

Think you know the Burmese python? Think again. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have recently discovered that our previous knowledge of this massive predator hugely underestimate the ...

The Burmese python is already considered a destructive force in the South Florida ecosystem. A new collaborative study that the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples was part of has revealed ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats.

The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat. The Florida Fish and ...

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons are spread out across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida. The first record of a Burmese python in the Everglades was in 1979. Since then, they've ...

The scale at which the Burmese python is able to decimate the native wildlife population in South Florida continues to astonish biologists studying to eradicate the invasive species. Researchers in ...

Certain species of snakes are large and strong enough and possess the appropriate ability to devour big prey like human beings. Such snakes form part of the constrictor family and rank among the world ...