Fat does a heart good—at least if you're a python, a new study says. High levels of fatty acids, or lipids, in the reptiles' blood nearly doubles the sizes of their hearts and other organs after ...

In comic books, many superheroes have gained extraordinary powers after being transfused with the (often modified or irradiated) blood of animals. But, as so often happens, life proves stranger than ...

There are some headlines you just can't resist. Such as this one, in Thursday's Chicago Sun-Times: "Surgery Saves Blanket-Eating Pet Python." What followed is a story out of Ketchum, Idaho, fit for ...

A substantial part of the trade in blood pythons in Indonesia is illegal and underreported, a new study has found. The study found no convincing evidence that the harvest of blood pythons in the area ...

In comic books, many superheroes have gained extraordinary powers after being transfused with the (often modified or irradiated) blood of animals. But, as so often happens, life proves stranger than ...