By analyzing the flowerpot snake's unique genome, scientists are uncovering how the tiny reptile repairs its DNA and prevents harmful mutations. The findings provides valuable insights into genetic ...

Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon ...

In the sun-scorched plains of Mayen Abun-Twic County in South Sudan, Apuk Bak sits on a woven mat outside her house, absently rubbing scars on her leg- a lifelong reminder of a cruel snakebite. Her ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo. He wasn’t the first nonhuman primate to use symbols to communicate, ...

Scientists found a pregnant 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite in a mountain forest and discovered a new species, a ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind ...

Snakes have long fascinated and terrified humans, evoking a mix of awe and dread. Snakes have long inspired folklore, fiction, movies, and songs, as there is no place on Earth where snakes have not ...

A professional snake handler from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers in Australia arrived just in time to remove a coastal carpet python that had its sights set on a pet bird. The two animals were ...