Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are native to Southeast Asia. These large constrictors can grow up to 20 feet in length. The first sightings of this invasive snake were documented in south Florida ...

Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) don’t believe in waste, digesting not only the muscle and fat of their prey, but the bones as well. Where other predators might eat the flesh off the bone, or ...

Climate change is making the Burmese python slither westward across the Ganga Basin from the northeastern region in India, a new study has found. Formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Indian rock ...

Biomolecules from snakes don’t often fight bacterial infections in mice, but a peptide called cathelicidin from a Burmese python (Python bivittatus) does just that. Cathelicidins are immune system ...