Pythons and alligators did not share a natural habitat until the former was introduced into the Florida Everglades in the ...

The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons and scientists say they ...

B urmese pythons ( Python bivittatus) don’t believe in waste, digesting not only the muscle and fat of their prey, but the ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

The largest rabbits hopping around the United States include the Antelope Jackrabbit, Black-Tailed Jackrabbit, and Continental Giant.

Specialized cells in the intestinal lining of Burmese pythons allows them to completely absorb the skeletons of their prey.