A hypothetical showdown between a reticulated python and a green anaconda reveals the anaconda as the likely victor. Despite ...

Burmese pythons may be the kings of creepy-crawly in a state packed with all sorts of sordid critters. In recent decades, they have expanded from a small population in the southern Everglades to the ...

1. The interface between thermal biology and foraging mode has attracted little scientific attention, but may be crucially important to the biology of ectothermic predators. Slip & Shine (1988c) ...

Close encounters turn scientific when Brian Barczyk comes face-to-face with a 20-foot anaconda and an agitated python. Between dodging strikes, he explains how each species evolved—from egg-laying ...