An attack on a fundamental proof technique reveals a glaring security issue for blockchains and other digital encryption ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competitive hunt created by the FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from seven commission-managed lands in South Florida. This year, the Florida ...

The South Florida Water Management District's new incentive program seems to be working with nearly 100 snakes eliminated so far in 2025.

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

The particles in the cells' crypts, the researchers determined, are excess to the snake's requirements once it has extracted all it needs from the completely dissolved bones. The purpose of the ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.