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

Biologists Leslie Leinwand of the University of Colorado Boulder and Jonathon Long of Stanford University have discovered a ...

Python blood peptide curbs appetite and cuts weight without side effects Snake-derived pTOS shows long-lasting appetite ...

Scientists have discovered a compound in python blood that reduces appetite and could lead to safer, more effective ...