Fossil reveals that a giant python over 4 meters long once lived in Taiwan. The discovery rewrites the island's natural history.

Snakes have lost the gene that encodes ghrelin, a hormone that helps regulate hunger in many vertebrates, according to a new study.

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Another giant reptile is clawing its way toward disrupting the South Florida ecosystem as an invasive species. The Nile monitor -- a semi-aquatic lizard equipped with razor claws that can grow up to 6 ...

South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

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Now that the skies of the world are dominated by all sorts of drones, the focus of the planet’s most important defense contractors seems to have shifted to the seas. In recent months, several of them ...

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