Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

Professional python hunters spotted something strange happening in a South Florida pond. They soon realized they might be the ...

The reproductive biology of reptiles encompasses a wider range of strategies than is often assumed in general accounts of the ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

American colonies declaring their independence from Great Britain. One of the most enduring symbols of those “times that try ...

A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

The night snake, whose scientific classification is Hypsiglena torquata, is a small nocturnal snake found in a broad but ...

South Florida researchers warn the Everglades face an Asian swamp eel invasion, depleting small fish and starving wading birds, threatening the wetland food web.

As if that weren’t enough of an accomplishment for the old lady, she did this without having been in contact with a male for over 15 years. Researchers are investigating whether ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing destruction in the Florida Everglades. The snakes have contributed to the decline of several small mammal populations. Estimates place the Burmese ...

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