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These colorful snakes aren't just works of art. Erected for the World Health Assembly, they're meant to draw attention to an extremely neglected health issue: snakebite.

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More than 16,000 American bullfrogs, larvae and egg masses were removed from Yosemite National Park over a six-year period.

Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor.

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