Pythons, tarantulas among 163 exotic creatures seized from Toyota truck at U.S.-Mexico border

More than a dozen types of pythons and over 30 other snakes, including a ghost Aztec jungle boa, were found packed in the ...
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Automated genome mining predicts structural diversity and taxonomic distribution of peptide metallophores across bacteria

This important and compelling study establishes a robust computational and experimental framework for the large-scale identification of metallophore biosynthetic clusters. The work advances beyond ...

Lionfish leather and python handbags: These accessories are made from exotic invasive animals

Invasive species are wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. US company Inversa is turning some of them into leather, ...