Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

Photos show 10-foot Burmese python swallowing a reticulated python whole, eating the snake from the tail up in just 2 hours. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Pythons are famous for swallowing enormous meals whole—including morsels bigger than their own body mass. In order to digest these infrequent feasts, the snake’s heart works overtime by increasing its ...

An unusual observation has surprised snake conservationists after a Mumbai-based wildlife enthusiast documented a rare case of cannibalism in the Indian rat snake (Ptyas mucosa). In the Ghodbunder ...