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August 2, 2020

5,000 Burmese pythons removed from Florida Everglades

Florida wildlife officials announced last week that 5,000 invasive Burmese pythons have been removed from the delicate Everglades ecosystem since setting up elimination programs three years ago.

July 7, 2020

Australia man fends off venomous snake with knife, seatbelt while driving on highway, police say

An Australian man fought off one of the world’s deadliest snakes with only a knife and a seatbelt after the serpent coiled around his leg while driving on a highway, authorities said.

June 29, 2020

Mystery of how flying snakes move is solved by scientists

Flying snakes are able to undulate their bodies as they glide through the air, and those unique movements allow them to make such flights, scientists have found.

June 29, 2020

First evidence that ancient humans ate snakes and lizards is unearthed in Israel

People who lived 15,000 years ago in what is now Israel feasted on snakes and lizards, archaeologists have discovered.

June 17, 2020

World’s largest reptile egg discovered on Antarctica

The largest reptile egg in the world has been found on Antarctica.

June 16, 2020

Diego the tortoise, famous for saving species with his high sex drive, starts retirement

Diego, the famed Galapagos tortoise whose high sex drive is credited with saving his species from extinction, has entered retirement after decades of breeding and fathering hundreds of tortoises. 

June 11, 2020

120M-year-old crocodile that walked on its hind legs like T. Rex discovered

Footprints found in modern-day South Korea that were thought to have been made by pterosaurs are instead from a 13-foot crocodile that lived 120 million years ago and walked on two legs, researchers have said.

June 11, 2020

Newton's recipe for 'toad vomit lozenges' up for auction

Sir Isaac Newton — famous for developing the three laws of motion and advancing calculus — apparently had a far-out idea for how to treat the plague, also called the black death: toad-vomit lozenges.

June 10, 2020

South Carolina beachgoers spot 'out-of-place' alligators after deadly attack

A woman was dragged to her death last month by a gator on Kiawah Island.

May 28, 2020

Family finds alligator relaxing on alligator pool float in Florida

A family vacationing in South Florida last year came across an unlikely sight: a live gator on top of a gator pool float at their Airbnb.