Furthermore, understanding pythons means not only knowing what they eat, but also recognizing how they fit into their ecosystems and what can happen when that delicate balance is disrupted. The post ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — While most of us struggle with post-meal bloating, Burmese pythons take digestive expansion to another level. These snakes experience perhaps the most dramatic organ transformation ...

Ever wonder how snakes not only swallow their prey whole, but metabolize all that hair and bone? Scientists studying the stomachs of Burmese pythons found some pretty amazing things. Researchers ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Pythons are known for their enormous appetites. In a single meal they can devour animals at least as big as they are — deer, alligators, pigs, household pets. Equally remarkable is ...

The resulting footage is part of a project using hi-tech scanning methods to explore animals' anatomy. It took 132 hours for the snake to fully digest the rat, the scientists said. Their work has ...