Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

Pythons have famously cartoonish eating habits, and they might be even better at it than we thought. A new study has found that Burmese pythons can eat even larger prey than was thought mathematically ...

Certain species of snakes are large and strong enough and possess the appropriate ability to devour big prey like human beings. Such snakes form part of the constrictor family and rank among the world ...