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

The key to healthier weight loss drugs could be found somewhere unexpected: inside a python’s blood. The slithering serpents have an appetite-suppressing compound in their blood that helps them ...

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 ...

The jackalope is mythical, but Wyoming was home to an actual prehistoric rodent with two large horns on its head. The Ceratogaulus is one of the ...

While watching hooded mergansers and mallards feeding on a canal near Rexburg on Tuesday evening, I counted 14 wood ducks flying in to join their feeding friends just before dark. The next morning, I ...

Walkable neighbourhoods, free wildlife viewing and sweeping beaches counter the city’s less-than-perfect reputation ...

Spring time means the birds-a-chirping and the squirrels-a-stealing. Prevent pests from pilfering with these solutions for ...

Snakes have both fascinated and scared humans for as long as we can remember. Especially frightening are the giants that ...

The longest animal on Earth isn’t what you think. It’s a drifting, gelatinous predator whose reach reshapes how we define ...

Every time it feels like nature has run out of surprises, it pulls something completely unexpected out of nowhere.Did you know that there’s a tiny hummingbird with a neon pink throat, or a frog that ...