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

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

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

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

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary ...

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp. A ...

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.

Snakes are creepy enough with their hissing, silent slithering, and potential for venomous bites. But new research has uncovered another reason to fear snakes. It turns out that snakes have exhibited ...

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

By the time a human brain registers danger, a viper’s strike is already over. Here’s how these snakes can move faster than ...

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.