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 ...

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 ...