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

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have identified a molecule in Burmese python blood that suppresses appetite ...

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

Researchers discovered a compound in python blood, para-tyramine-O-sulfate (pTOS), that suppresses appetite and promotes ...

That experience proved invaluable on a Chronicle assignment involving a missing juvenile ball python at a local EaDo nightclub. Assistant general manager Javi Ramirez discovered the snake weeks later, ...