Professor Bruce Jayne demonstrates how wide a Burmese python can open its mouth to swallow prey. University of Cincinnati In early November, scientists in the Florida Everglades cut open the bulging ...

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 mathematically ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Adnan Azad A Burmese python has been spotted attacking and swallowing a reticulated ...

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 ...

This is the chilling moment a hungry python slithered across bird cages and tried to bite the pet owner who passed through the dark. The 8ft (3m) snake entered the home through the garden to try and ...

Biologists have found that it's not just the size of its head and body that puts almost everything on a Burmese python's menu. They evolved super-stretchy skin between their lower jaws that allows ...