"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of ...

Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

They estimated that the python could be at least 10% longer if she were sedated.

I’m not sure there’s a person in the world who could scroll past a short video of a man calmly letting a 20-foot python ...

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 ...

Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

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

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.