Python-derived pTOS shows promise as a side-effect-free appetite suppressant, offering a new path for weight loss and metabolic therapies.

Bringing a creature into your home that might outlive a mortgage changes how you think about pet ownership. Most people ...

From cats to reptiles to service dogs in training, Pitt students are turning to pet ownership for stress relief and learning to balance their hectic schedules with pet-related responsibilities.

A small fossil snake may hold outsized clues about snake evolution, behavior, and an ancient ecosystem that looked nothing ...

Watch the full ball python hatching process unfold from the very first slit to the final reveal.

One python hunter, Anthony Flanagan, had a busy March eliminating the invasive snakes. He was rewarded by the South Florida ...

A set of free Special Research is on its way to Trainers within Pokemon Go, which will offer you a rare and powerful Master Ball for you to use as you please. This page acts as a comprehensive ...

Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.

Tourism at a cave swarming with bats known to have transmitted a deadly fever disease? The popularity of Uganda's Python Cave points to yet another way interactions at the animal-human interface—where ...

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonergic (5-HT) system has been implicated in regulating sleep and motor control; however, its specific role remains controversial. In this study, we found that ...

EM, biochemical, and cell-based assays to examine how Gβγ interacts with and potentiates PLCβ3. The authors present evidence for multiple Gβγ interaction surfaces and argue that Gβγ primarily enhances ...

In a tank on the bottom floor of a University of Chicago research laboratory, scientists summon "The Blob" into existence by ...