"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of ...

Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely ...

Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.

A recent study compiled over 500 incidents of cannibalism in more than 200 species of snakes, revealing that the behavior is ...

A new study reveals that numerous snake species are more cannibalistic than previously thought.

Eating your own kind might not sound like a winning survival strategy, but cannibalism is surprisingly common in the animal kingdom – especially in snakes. A new study has taken a deep dive into the ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as impressive is that they can go months, or even a whole year, without a single meal.

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at all.

Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.