What started out as a straightforward genetic study of Florida's invasive python population has turned up a surprising plot twist: a small number of crossbred Burmese and Indian pythons with the potential to become a kind ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2018
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Wildlife experts call it a "breeding aggregation." It's a more respectable way of saying snake sex party.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2018
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Reptiles are usually thought of as cold-blooded (an outdated term), simple animals that certainly don't care for their young.
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2018
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Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are rising sharply and existing trade restrictions are being circumvented on a large scale. This is endangering the stability of ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2017
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Evolution takes eons, but it leaves marks on the genomes of organisms that can be detected with DNA sequencing and analysis.
Biotechnology
Jun 22, 2017
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Philip Guo caught the coding bug in high school, at a fairly typical age for a Millennial. Less typical is that the UC San Diego cognitive scientist is now eager to share his passion for programming with a different demographic. ...
Other
Apr 19, 2017
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The news that a man was swallowed whole by a snake on an Indonesian island leaves more than an uncomfortable lump in the throat. Images that can't be unseen – including a six-minute video of the snake being sliced open ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2017
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Burmese pythons appear to be slithering into new territory, extending their range and putting more of South Florida's wildlife at risk of becoming lunch.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2016
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A new study into pythons and boas has for the first time found the two groups of snakes evolved independently to share similar traits, shedding new light on how the reptiles evolved.
Evolution
Jun 14, 2016
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Step aside, Burmese python—you may no longer be Florida's scariest invasive species. Researchers have confirmed that three Nile crocodiles were captured near Miami, and they say it's possible more of the man-eating reptiles ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2016
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