A snake in southwest Indonesia has shattered the Guinness World Record for the longest serpent ever spotted in the wild.

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Before leaving on a fossil-hunting trip for a summer 2021 field paleontology class, a Montana State University junior made an apparently fate-tempting plea. "I kept joking through that whole class, ...

An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot a few years ago has led to ‘a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities,’ according to a state biologist. A Blanding’s turtle in the ...

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The turtle was named Pyari, a Hindi term of endearment meaning "lovely" or "beloved." She arrived at the center in November from the nearby Inwater Research Group. Some kind of predator had tried to ...

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