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

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

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 ...

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...