Not only is it good for your waistline; it's good for your heart." Trouble is, what works in pythons probably won't work for humans. Pythons employ what scientists call a "sit and wait foraging ...

Burmese pythons like a meal they can really get their fangs around, especially since the snakes are known to go half a year or more between meals. That gustatory pause is merely one of pythons ...

A Burmese python can boost its heart capacity without working out. When it needs extra pump power to digest something big, its heart can bulk up 40 percent in just 2 days. “That’s the fastest ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. But despite its intimidating appearance, it has a heart. And that heart may provide clues to researchers in developing drugs that help ...

When a Burmese python swallows a tasty rat dinner, the reptile makes new heart muscle to help digest the big meal, biologists have found. The predator has a special protein to expand its cardiac ...