Up to now, GLP-1 medications have had a stranglehold on the pharmaceutical market, with hundreds more in the works. But ...

People at the University of Colorado Boulder thought Leslie Leinwand had lost her mind when she decided to start studying snakes nearly 20 years ago. It was a research paper that sparked her interest ...

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

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

What if a snake's biology could switch off hunger? Scientists have found a molecule that may reduce appetite naturally, ...

University of Florida wildlife scientists are scouting for Burmese pythons in the Everglades by using previously captured pythons to lure, locate and learn how the invasive species is thriving in the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Florida ...