Pythons often eat primates, including monkeys, sometimes orangutans and, seldom, people. Pythons bite first and would attack a human in two ways: 1. A startled snake could bite as a form of ...

The parallels between python regeneration and human intestinal remodeling highlight the potential for cross-species insights.

Pythons often eat primates, including monkeys, sometimes orangutans and, seldom, people. Pythons bite first and would attack a human in two ways: 1. A startled snake could bite as a form of ...

A surprising new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstreams of feeding pythons promote healthy heart growth, results that may have ...

What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain the details.

A ball python from Leinwand’s lab. CREDIT: Yuxiao Tan. Compared with the hearts of pythons who hadn’t eaten, the fed pythons increased their own mass by close to 25 percent after eating.

Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially.