Pythons, much like elite athletes, excel at healthy heart growth. Her previous work has shown that over the course of about a week to 10 days after a meal, python hearts get much bigger, their heart ...

Leslie Leinwand, a molecular biologist at the University of Colorado Boulder and study coauthor first began looking at how pythons adapted to deal with these huge feedings back in 2011. 2 She and her ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

(WSVN) - A new study unhinges the truth about the Burmese python’s feeding method. The snakes are invasive species in Florida and have the ability to swallow a sizable white-tail deer.