African lungfish are amazing creatures that can survive outside of water for years at a time. Read here to learn how.

Due to the special diets of leatherback sea turtles, the inside of their mouth looks like terrifying. Read here to learn more ...

Hundreds of pictures and video clips of child sexual abuse were discovered on devices belonging to a Norwich man. Peter Gortva, 44, of Penn Grove, pleaded guilty at Norwich Magistrates’ Court to three ...

Local animal shelters in Salinas are preparing to help Southern California shelters as a massive rescue operation involving hundreds of dogs and cats is expected to strain housing capacity in Los ...

A new study explores how the extreme biology of pythons may point to an unexpected path for obesity research. Pythons don’t nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can ...

Scientists have discovered a compound in python blood that reduces appetite and could lead to safer, more effective weight-loss drugs.

A new Murdoch University study has found that cold-blooded animals (ectotherms) are unable to adjust physiologically to daily ...

About 700 dogs and cats were being rescued from a property in the Lake Hughes area Friday, county animal control officials ...

Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...

Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a ...

The Robinson Family Farm in Temple is pivoting to alternative attractions and imported floral bouquets after severe Texas weather triggered a partial failure of their highly anticipated Spring tulips.

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