Burmese pythons are already known for being able to eat whole deer, alligators, and even the occasional human arm. But what happens after the meal has always been a mystery in biology. How do these snakes digest not only flesh but also whole skeletons without getting too many minerals? A new type of intestinal cell ...
In a landmark victory for wildlife conservation, 41 federally threatened eastern indigo snakes, North America’s longest native serpent, have been released into Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP). This marks the eighth consecutive year of reintroduction efforts, bringing the total number of released snakes to 167. But the real triumph? For the first time ...
South Africa’s biodiversity isn’t simply a cache of exotic species, it’s also a living repository of cultural history. For decades, scientific literature has compiled frogs and reptiles in Latin names, so the Indigenous nomenclature for these animals is dispersed and unrecorded. And now, in a trailblazing research led by zoologist Fortunate Phaka, the first comprehensive ...
