A light-sensitive receptor protein expressed in neurons deep in the mouse brain has been shown to be stimulated by violet light, and to activate a pathway that reduces heat production in brown fat.

A bat has been left traumatized after surviving the deadly grip of a python during an hour-long battle in eastern Australia. Snake Catchers Brisbane & Gold Coast and wildlife charity Bat ...

A video showing a python with a large bat poking out of its belly has been shared by snake catchers who rescued the animal. The "healthy" carpet python had slithered onto a couple's front yard on ...

The snake attempts to wrap itself around the bat several times - but didn't bank on such a feisty opponent A horrifyingly tense video has captured the moment a python and a bat appear to be ...

A PYTHON seemed to have bitten off more than it could chew when it tried to eat a bat whole. The hungry serpent struggled to swallow the winged mammal as it dangled from a tree in Brisbane, Austral… ...

This representational image shows a python on a tree inside his enclosure at the Dhupguri snake park in India, Feb. 8, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri A python was found devouring a bat in the ...