Now, researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder say the way the python's heart balloons after it eats could help treat human heart disease.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder study fast-growing python hearts, which could provide insights to aid those with diseased heart growth. Their latest work reveals ways to study ...

Python hearts swell to more than double their size without any signs of heart damage when the snakes gorge on food; researchers wanted to know why.