A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese ...

Qi Weihao recently welcomed a new family member – a beautiful, highly venomous, blue snake.

Unlike most animals’ weapons — like claws, horns or teeth — snake venom is in a perpetual race with the defenses of their prey. Snakes upgrade their venom; rodents and amphibians upgrade their ...

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

The video follows a high-intensity visit to a reptile zoo specializing in some of the world’s most dangerous cobras. It ...

The video follows a suspenseful moment at a reptile zoo as staff attempt to determine whether a rumored dragon snake has arrived. It captures the uncertainty surrounding a newly delivered crate and ...