"It felt like we were literally catching the serial killer in the act," said one study author Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats.

A Burmese python in southern Florida was caught on video swallowing a 77-pound white-tailed deer, a feat that biologists say proves that the invasive predators are capable of consuming bigger prey ...

As pythons grow, their feeding habits change. Hatchlings (newly hatched) and small juveniles eat small prey like crickets, lizards, and mice. As pythons grow larger, they eat bigger meals but feed ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

Initially established in Everglades National Park in the early 1980s, Burmese pythons quickly put a stranglehold on Florida's ...