There's a Cave Full of Bats Infected by the 'Bleeding Eye' Virus. People Are Trespassing to See It, and Scientists Want It to Stop

While studying predators visiting Python Cave, home to bats confirmed to have Marburg virus, scientists observed hundreds of ...

Want a Pet That Stays a While? Try One of These 14 Pets with the Longest Lifespan

Bringing a creature into your home that might outlive a mortgage changes how you think about pet ownership. Most people ...
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A virologist’s nightmare: People and predators keep going into a cave full of bats with Marburg virus

As if its name didn’t warn you enough, there are many good reasons to avoid Python Cave in Uganda. Chief among them is that ...

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From stinknet to bullfrogs, 5 of Arizona's peskiest invasive species

Invasive species smother out the state’s iconic flora and fauna. Invasive brushes kick out native grasses that make valuable ...
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‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread

Researchers filmed 10 species eating or scavenging bats at known Marburg-virus hotspot—and caught hundreds of humans visiting ...
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This Python Vomited Up a Fully Intact Bird in One Cringey Move

When it comes to food consumption, snakes skip the whole chewing bit and swallow their meals whole. But sometimes their eyes ...
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Watch a leopard climb a tree to eat in branches

Wildlife videographer and safari guide Rob the Ranger captures a leopard climbing high into a tree to enjoy its meal safely ...
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Molecule in python blood could pave way for new obesity drugs, scientists say

Researchers find snake metabolite that suppresses appetite of obese mice ‘without some of side-effects’ of GLP-1 drugs Pythons follow the ultimate crash diet, swallowing an antelope in a single ...
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Python blood could hold the secret to healthy weight loss

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...
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Python Blood Compound Could Unlock Potential New Weight Loss Treatment

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Biologists Leslie Leinwand of the University of Colorado Boulder and Jonathon Long of Stanford University have discovered a compound in python blood that can suppress appetite.
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Python Blood Compound Points to New Weight Loss Therapies

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...