Researchers examined teeth and skulls of 99 extinct crocodylomorph species and 20 living crocodylian species to reconstruct their dietary ecology and identify characteristics that helped some groups persist through two mass extinctions. They discovered that one secret tocrocodylian longevity is their remarkably…
Taxonomists have described three new species of the camel cricket genus Paradiestrammena from Sarawak and Sabah, raising the genus to 16 species and providing a new identification key for males.
A group of villagers in Madhya Pradesh, India, got the shock of their lives when a python was found near a residential building having consumed another python, then proceeded to regurgitate it in front of a stunned crowd. The incident,…
Home - Environment - Scientists dropped just two brown anole lizards on each of several storm-swept Bahamian islands, and years later their descendants revealed something natural selection alone could not erase In May 2005, scientists released one male and one female brown anole…
Laramie, Wyo. - The City Parks Department and the University of Wyoming's Biodiversity Institute are collaborating to set minnow traps within Labonte Lake to collect Western Tiger Salamander larvae. Senior Project coordinator, Mason Lee, says they hope to find salamanders staying…
After more than 20 years in a Kerry aquarium and more than six months in a specialist sea turtle rehabilitation centre in Portugal, Molly the turtle made her way back to the wild. On Wednesday afternoon, the loggerhead was released back…
An Arizona-based rattlesnake relocation company reported this week that monsoonal rains have forced some of the venomous reptiles to abandon hiding places, potentially placing them into conflict with people. It's reminiscent of what occurred after a winter storm in 2024, when…
Guwahati, Oct 29 (PTI) A new gecko species has been discovered in Assam’s Dima Hasao district by Mizoram University researchers, state Forest and Climate Change Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said on Thursday. In a social media post, he said that the…
Multi sequence file (.msf) file used to construct a 28S rRNA phylogenetic tree of species of Euryhelmis and other heterophyid trematodes. Sequences were generated from metacercariae samples at U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) and compared for base pair similarities…
Introduced to Arizona in 1926 for hunting and food, bullfrogs now threaten the northern Mexican garter snake by preying on juveniles and reducing native prey. Conservation teams are removing bullfrogs and restoring native frogs, but continued monitoring and funding are needed…
Snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs—enclosures, heating, and species care.
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