Every time a Burmese python swallows a meal, something remarkable happens inside its body. Its heart expands by a quarter.

New research suggests python blood could hold the key to a new weight-loss drug, as the snake metabolite suppresses appetites in mice. It is the ...

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain ...

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

People living in a Whitehaven apartment complex are on edge after a man ends up dead, and his killer is still on the run. A father and son from Senatobia, Miss. are getting national recognition for ...