On Sudest Island in southern Papua New Guinea, researchers identified a new snake species named Aspidomorphus dimorphus after a research assistant was bitten by it in 2004. This snake, found in the ...

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Pope Leo XIV—the American Robert Francis Prevost—was a close ally of Pope Francis. The two share many of the same views on ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new leader of the Catholic Church Thursday, becoming the first American pontiff. But ...

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

Increasing access to anti-snake-venom is not enough to protect people, experts say. What is needed is an ecological approach.

Fred Kraus, a researcher in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, was studying snakes in Papua New Guinea when one of his research assistants took the bite ...

Friday is the last day to claim free queso at Chipotle. Just buy an entrée through Chipotle’s website or mobile app using ...

Saturn climbs higher at dawn but still tussles with twilight. At mid-month, it’s about a fist to the right (west) of Venus.

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In ...

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In the corn snake, some morphs display red, yellow, or pink blotches ...

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In the corn snake, some morphs display red, yellow, or pink blotches ...