A molecule produced in abundance by pythons after big meals could lead the way to new weight loss drugs, a University of Colorado study says.

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 ...

Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a ...

Thinking of a pet snake? Skip the dander and daily walks. We explore the costs, lifespan, and best beginner species for ...

As a former National Park Service ranger, I understand the need to rein in the population of illegally released, quickly overpopulating, invasive python species in Florida dubbed “reptiles of concern.

Typically, when people think of dangerous animal encounters, they imagine them happening in remote wild places. In reality, they can happen almost anywhere, including along roadsides and near ...

MIAMI — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As quick as a mongoose, 90-pound, 5-foot-2-inch Lindsay McAfee pounced on the 7-foot Burmese python, pinned its head to the ground with an aluminum snake hook and stowed it in a ...

BRADENTON — Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s efforts to make it illegal to import and trade nine dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, isn’t sitting well with those in the reptile industry. Nelson ...

A python bit a Cincinnati-area reptile store owner and coiled itself around him Monday before officers removed it, police said. The 20-foot, 125-pound snake bit Captive Born Reptiles owner Terry ...