Burmese pythons are famously known for being capable of swallowing pigs whole, but you have to keep in mind, the snakes themselves are pretty darn big. When it comes to snake-to-prey-size ratio, ...

When it comes to eating a big, filling meal, the Gans’ egg-eating snake rules. The African snakes only grow to about 3 feet long, but for their size they can outmatch a much larger Burmese python, in ...

An Arizona woman spotted a snake eating dove eggs just above her head while she sat outside with a morning coffee. The coachwhip snake was spotted by Petra Poole in central Arizona, who captured ...

The African egg-eater snake, Dasypeltis gansi, exhibits remarkable anatomical adaptations for its unique diet of bird eggs. Its highly flexible cranial architecture and distensible soft tissues allow ...

What would you do if you found a four-foot snake in your kitchen? A couple in North Carolina didn’t freak out. They just started recording video. The homeowners even let the snake finish its meal ...

New research indicates that, relative to their size, the snakes that can gulp down the largest meals are harmless and three feet long. By Kate Golembiewski Snakes can’t really unhinge their jaws, but ...

A snake steals an egg from a pair of protective birds only to realize it may have bitten off more than it could chew. Twenty-seven-year-old field guide Frank De Beer was lucky enough to capture this ...