They hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their bodies around their prey and crush them.

Pythons abandon the isolation and solitariness of their summer lives to congregate in burrows for winter; they bask regularly ...

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

The Earth has seen some truly gigantic snakes throughout its history, and these creatures were so massive and powerful that ...

A tour guide in Indonesia was rescued after a 6-meter python dragged him into a river and wrapped around his neck.

Since 2000, more than 17,000 pythons have been removed from the Everglades ecosystem, according to a news release. Burmese pythons, which are not native to Florida, prey on birds, mammals and other ...

Iguanas can freeze and fall from trees, then become easy prey; pythons can shiver to stay alive from the cold weather.