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Humans may well have an evolutionary fear of snakes. And even though it’s relatively rare, we likely think of pythons swallowing people whole. But sometime in the future, the very opposite may be true ...

The Gans' egg-eater swallows a quail egg far larger than its head. Bruce Jayne via the University of Cincinnati A tiny egg-eating African snake may take the prize for swallowing the largest meals ...

An 89-year-old Florida woman known to her family as “Grandma Bunny” bashed in the head of a 6-foot-long snake after she caught the reptile eating a bird in her backyard. Garlene Eiceman first thought ...

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 ...

A professional snake catcher intercepted a close call, removing a coastal carpet python that he found inches away from a pet bird, In a Facebook post, Stuart McKenzie, a professional snake catcher ...

A rare incident in Mysterton, Australia, saw a family lose a pet kitten to an unfortunate encounter with a hungry snake. On March 16, experienced snake handler Jeremy De Haan was called out to the ...

Just when you thought you knew everything about one of Florida's least-favorite invasive species, a surprise emerges. Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists realized. The study ...

March 28 (UPI) --A professional snake catcher in Australia was called out to a home where a pet bird had a close call with a coastal carpet python that squeezed its head into the avian's cage. Stuart ...

A new study reflects a broadening search for more climate-friendly sustainable protein sources. University of Florida researchers hold a 15-foot Burmese python captured in Everglades National Park in ...