The snake enlarged its jaw to fit around the deer’s entire torso – leaving its legs and hooves hanging out on the grass.

Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S.

Pythons have famously cartoonish eating habits, and they might be even better at it than we thought. A new study has found ...

EVERGLADES NAT'L PARK, Fla. – For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades. The invasive snake has eaten everything in its path, including full-sized White-tailed deer whole ...

The Burmese python situation in Southwest Florida has taken a disturbing turn after field biologists from the Conservancy of ...

Studies indicate Burmese pythons' gape size is bigger than previously thought, allowing them to consume larger prey and significantly impact Florida's ecosystem by preying on larger animals. A new stu ...

Based on the prey items researchers found inside Burmese pythons, researchers know they will kill and consume animals nearly ...

The female python weighed about 115 pounds, while the deer weighed about 77 pounds -- representing 93% of the snake's maximal gape area, the size of their mouth opening, according to the paper.

What’s scary about these big snakes is their ability to swallow other animals, including whole deer and alligators.

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Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp.

Look away those with a fear of snakes - Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study. University of Cincinnati Professor Bruce Jayne said ...