Studies indicate Burmese pythons' gape size is bigger than previously thought, allowing them to consume larger prey and significantly impact Florida's ecosystem by preying on larger animals. A new stu ...

Pythons have famously cartoonish eating habits, and they might be even better at it than we thought. A new study has found ...

Pythons swallow deer, alligators and other prey whole. What they eat is limited in part by how big an animal they can wrap their flexible, stretchy jaws around. Researchers call this the snake's gape.

Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study. That means more animals are on the menu across southern Florida, where the nonnative, invasive snakes ...

What’s scary about these big snakes is their ability to swallow other animals, including whole deer and alligators.

What they can eat is limited to and dependent on how big the Burmese python's mouth can stretch. Researchers call this the snake's gape.Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists Ian Bartoszek ...

EVERGLADES NAT'L PARK, Fla. – For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades. The invasive snake has ...

What they can eat is limited to and dependent on how big the Burmese python’s mouth opening can stretch. Researchers call this the snake’s gape. DID YOU KNOW: What gives pythons the ability to ...

The python was 115 pounds and the deer was 77 pounds, which amounts to 66.9% of the snake’s body mass, according to the newly released study “Big Pythons, Big Gape and Big Prey.” ...

The Burmese python situation in Southwest Florida has taken a disturbing turn after field biologists from the Conservancy of ...