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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 ...

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

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A man was arrested in Pasay City earlier this week for allegedly selling a live ball python online, a violation of the country’s law banning the sale of exotic wildlife, the Philippine National Police ...

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JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — A ball python was spotted at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, and after several months of searching, the snake has finally been captured. The Rhode Island Department of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...