On remote islands in the Gulf of California, scientists uncovered a surprising twist in rattlesnake evolution: simpler venom ...

Learn more about how shifting biodiversity has resulted in a surprising evolutionary change for rattlesnake venom.

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The juvenile minke whale had been spotted swimming around San Francisco Bay for nearly a week by the time she beached herself ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — Scientists believe they know what causes the treated infection to mimic chronic illness: the body may be responding to remnants of the bacteria that causes Lyme that tend to pool ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of ...

Southeastern Australia is witnessing an unusual spectacle as millions of spiders engage in mass ballooning to escape flooded ...

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Researchers at the University of South Florida are uncovering new clues about how animals evolve by studying rattlesnake ...

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The four deaths have raised the specter of past “unusual mortality events” that caused whales to die in higher-than-normal ...