Under Washington state law, it’s illegal to own animals that pose a risk of rabies infection. This includes bats, skunks, foxes, raccoon and coyotes. This rule is intended to “protect the public from ...

An international team of researchers, which included (NMS), uncovered a previously unknown species that lived around 167 ...

Researchers have named the species Breugnathair elgolensis, or “false snake of Elgol,” after the Skye site where it lived ...

Computing revolutionized most aspects of 21st century life, including language, with new and repurposed terms becoming the ...

An international team of researchers, which included National Museums Scotland (NMS), uncovered a previously unknown species ...

When Michael Maguire walks into the gym at whichever NRL club he’s coaching, often before dawn and hours before his players ...

The Ring of X-Ray Vision lets you peer through solid objects for up to a minute: one foot of stone, one inch of metal, or three feet of wood or dirt. In the right hands, it could be incredibly useful: ...

With hourly fees and per-snake bonuses, python contractors are helping remove invasive constrictors from the Everglades. Here ...

Naples-based Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s python hunters smash records, removing massive invasive snakes to protect ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge yielded 294 Burmese pythons, the most since the challenge began. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 for capturing 60 pythons. A total of 294 ...

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

Invasive snakes pose a significant threat to US ecosystems, disrupting wildlife balance and altering food webs. Species like ...