Certain species of snakes are large and strong enough and possess the appropriate ability to devour big prey like human ...

Carpet pythons reach more than 13 feet in length, but one captured in Queensland, Australia, is getting attention for girth after it swallowed something the size of a human arm. Facebook screengrab ...

Recent sightings of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are these massive snakes invading urban areas?

The green anaconda, found in South America, is the world’s heaviest snake. It’s capable of overpowering animals like ...

Chewing food into little pieces may be helpful for human digestion, but snakes prefer to ingest their meals in one gulp. Unlike human jaws, snake jaws are not connected to their skulls. This allows ...

People at the University of Colorado Boulder thought Leslie Leinwand had lost her mind when she decided to start studying snakes nearly 20 years ago. It was a research paper that sparked her interest ...