Some snake species slither across the ground, while others climb trees, dive through sand or glide across water. Today, scientists report that the surface chemistry of snake scales varies among species that negotiate these ...
Materials Science
Apr 15, 2021
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In 2001, the famous herpetologist Joseph B. Slowinski died from snakebite by an immature black-and-white banded krait, while leading an expedition team in northern Myanmar. The very krait that caused his death is now confirmed ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2021
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We are not venomous, and neither are mice—but within our genomes lurks that potential, suggest scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and the Australian National University. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2021
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Snakebite kills around 58,000 Indians annually, and a majority of snakebites that lead to death or disability are attributed to the 'big four' of Indian snakes—the Russell's viper (Daboia russelii), one of the deadliest ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2021
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Record-breaking rain has destroyed properties across New South Wales, forcing thousands of people to evacuate and leaving hundreds homeless.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2021
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A snake that actually looks like many different snakes. It sounds like a riddle. It sort of is.
Plants & Animals
Mar 22, 2021
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About 1.8 million envenoming snakebites occur around the world annually, killing about 94,000 people. In tropical areas, especially in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, snakebites are considered a major cause of death, ...
Ecology
Mar 11, 2021
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A research team led by CU Boulder has designed a new kind of synthetic "skin" as slippery as the scales of a snake.
Polymers
Mar 3, 2021
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New research has revealed that the diets of early lizards and snakes, which lived alongside dinosaurs around 100 million years ago, were more varied and advanced than previously thought.
Evolution
Mar 2, 2021
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Visitors hiking the Mahogany Hammock Trail in Everglades National Park earlier this month spotted an unfamiliar snake. It turned out to be a brand-new invasive species.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2021
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