Sylmar drops the first set, but recovers to win the next three and stays undefeated in the Valley Mission League.

A team of researchers believes that pythons may contain clues to help treat a range of human ailments — from heart disease to muscle atrophy, and more.

As "Spamalot" returns to the Hollywood Pantages, Eric Idle says of absurdist comedy, "these are the sort of times when we need it." ...

A Burmese python’s ability to swallow prey equal to its own body weight and survive without food for over a year has been ...

A new study explores how the extreme biology of pythons may point to an unexpected path for obesity research. Pythons don’t nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can ...

Snakes have both fascinated and scared humans for as long as we can remember. Especially frightening are the giants that ...

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

Scientists have discovered a compound in python blood that reduces appetite and could lead to safer, more effective weight-loss drugs.

The key to healthier weight loss drugs could be found somewhere unexpected: inside a python’s blood. The slithering serpents have an appetite-suppressing compound in their blood that helps them ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife is asking people to report sightings, but to stay away to avoid any attacks or incidents ...

New research suggests python blood could hold the key to a new weight-loss drug, as the snake metabolite suppresses appetites in mice. It is the ...