Researchers have found a metabolite in Burmese pythons that suppresses appetite in mice without some of GLP-1's side effects. And humans make it, too.
It's a snake-eat-snake world.
New research shows anacondas have stayed the same massive size for 12 million years.
In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill.
Reptiles produce crystal "pee," which, in humans, would cause gout or kidney stones. But this seems to be working out great for them.
Researchers discovered that the venoms of three of four mamba species deliver a second nasty surprise.
It’s “an important reminder that evolutionary paths can be unpredictable.”
The rare, nonvenomous snake hasn’t been spotted since 2020, and officials are asking the public to keep an eye open for them.
Burmese pythons pose a significant threat to the Florida Everglades, but scientists have come up with a clever new way to lure and trap them.
A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.
Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake antivenom.
While venomous, the bite of a red-bellied black snake isn't thought to be deadly.
