Pythons have famously cartoonish eating habits, and they might be even better at it than we thought. A new study has found that Burmese pythons can eat even larger prey than was thought ...

A python that was apparently unable to move after swallowing its prey was rescued by forest officials on Sunday in India.

Mr. Nelson opened the cage that held a dark gray Burmese python named Haydee, and heaved in a large rat. The rat stood frozen in the corner, but Haydee ignored her new roommate for several minutes.

In the 2003 study, entitled "Prickly food: snakes preying upon porcupines," researchers found that when a snake eats a porcupine, the animal's quills are left undigested and are easily detectable ...

Pythons, which are some of the largest snakes in the world, kill their prey by constriction. Some species are known to eat animals as large as antelope or deer.

When the manager of a Western Australian tourist resort and farm discovered a large python in his garage last week, he could see that the snake had just had a large lunch with its body bulging and ...

Think you stuffed your face on Thanksgiving? That's nothing compared to what a Burmese python can eat. The snakes, which can grow up to 20 feet, devour animals as large as deer and alligators ...