Burmese pythons are feasting on foxes and bobcats in Florida, leaving few predators left to contain the state's rat population, which has exploded.

The incredible success of invasive pythons in the Everglades has proven to be a boon to cotton rats. New research indicated that if the snakes are present, foxes, bobcat and other furry predators a… ...

The extreme metabolism of some snakes could provide leads on how to regenerate human tissue. Elanor, a Burmese python, feeding on a rat in the converted garage of David Nelson, who has several ...

Mumbai-based naturalists have documented a rare instance of ophiophagy (snake-eating behaviour) at Maharashtra Nature Park, where a rat snake was observed consuming a juvenile Indian rock python ...

As Burmese pythons threaten Florida habitats, a local program incentivizes residents to assist with capturing and killing them. Aaron Mann won the top prize of $1,000 after wrangling 87 of the snakes ...

Fasting Burmese pythons (Python molurus) were scanned before and at two, 16, 24, 40, 48, 72 and 132 hours after ingestion of one rat. The succession of images revealed a gradual disappearance of ...

A mesmerizing series of MRI photos show, for the first time, the 132-hour process of a python digesting a rat. “What is really special is that we don’t have to cut up the snakes to see this ...

What does it look like inside the belly of a Burmese python as it digests a rat? These incredible x-ray images, taken over a period of six days after ...

Florida sheriff's office called to home for '15-20 foot python' finds rat snake under car hood Red rat snake found coiled up in vehicle's engine bay ...

How the PyVil RAT works The new Python malware, dubbed PyVil RAT by Cybereason, provides hackers with several capabilities including: Keylogging Executing commands Taking screenshots Downloading ...