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 ...

This female Burmese python has quite a big mouth for a snake. Talk about biting off more than you can chew... she took down a ...

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

The female python weighed about 115 pounds, while the deer weighed about 77 pounds -- representing 93% of the snake's maximal gape area, the size of their mouth opening, according to the paper.

The snake enlarged its jaw to fit around the deer’s entire torso – leaving its legs and hooves hanging out on the grass.

It turns out that the deadly Burmese pythons can stretch out their mouths even wider than anyone could have imagined.

The ability of a python to eat big prey depends on how wide it can open its mouth, known as its “gape.” Professor Bruce Jayne ...

A group of biologists in South Florida witnessed a Burmese python swallow a full-grown deer right in front of them. A new study conducted by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida found that Burmese ...

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

Newsweek highlighted a new study by the University of Cincinnati and the Conservancy of Southwest Florida that examined the ...

After watching the snake ingest the deer, the team humanely euthanized it and teamed up with Bruce Jayne, of the University ...