Ancient single-celled red algae that thrive in scalding, acidic waters are emerging as far more than specialized survivors.

After a fragment was found in 1943 and dated to 500 B.C., the Nok terra-cotta sculptures shook up the Eurocentric academic ...

Man' lizard — a herpetologist explains how it flashes red and blue in seconds to win mates and settle rival showdowns.

That news comes on the heels of news that the pesky Burmese Pythons are moving north from the Everglades and setting up ...

Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo ...

Mouhya and his two compatriots hesitate and look around before stepping into a small eatery on Tu Lien Street in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District one late October afternoon. "It feels much easier now that we ...

Arom Arunrot, a 64-year-old woman from Thailand, survived a harrowing two-hour battle with a reticulated python inside her rented room in Samut Prakan Province, south of Bangkok. The incident took ...

Typical adult length is ~3-5 m; exceptionally >5.5 m, with a verified Florida specimen at 5.74 m and 97.5 kg (Conservancy of SW Florida, 2023).

Africa has the world’s youngest population. According to the CIA World Factbook, the top 10 countries with the lowest median age are in Africa. Niger’s median age is 14.8, and in Uganda, the second ...

Press photo The story of a Soviet pilot who crashed in snow-covered woods and lost his legs, but still continued to fly, is known to many in Russia. However, one detail of his story was missing. The ...

ABSTRACT East African precipitation is characterized by a dry annual mean climatology compared to other deep tropical land areas and a bimodal annual cycle with the major rainy season during March–May ...