Burmese pythons have pretty irregular eating habits. One of these giant reptiles can swallow an entire antelope whole and ...

Biologists Leslie Leinwand of the University of Colorado Boulder and Jonathon Long of Stanford University have discovered a compound in python blood that can suppress appetite. This compound helps ...

A post‑meal compound found in python blood curbed appetite in lab mice, hinting at future weight loss therapies.

A new study suggests a substance in python blood could lead to new weight loss therapies for humans. The mice given the substance lost 9% of their body weight over 28 days. Scientists believe this ...