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Deadly African scorpion is found by horrified Brit woman after it ‘crawled past her feet’ while she watched TV
A WOMAN has been left terrified after returning from holiday and discovering a “deadly” scorpion in her home. It is believed the scorpion hitched a ride back in her luggage when she ...
Black and white creature — snacking on snails — is new species in French Guiana
The new species was found in French Guiana, researchers said, on the northern edge of the Amazon Rainforest. Sibon nebulatus, or the black and white snail-eating snake, was collected from Mont Itoupé ...
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Naive Snorkeller Picks up a ‘Very Pretty’ Shell That Nearly Killed Him, Only Realizing Its True Nature Months Later
What Frank didn’t realize at the time was that this seemingly harmless shell was not just alive, but one of the deadliest ...
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World Environment Day: The hidden marine wonders beneath Mumbai’s iconic shoreline
Whether a Mumbai resident or a discerning traveller, Juhu invariably graces your itinerary. Immortalised in films like Hero ...
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Identification and Characterization of a Peptide from the Stony Coral Heliofungia actiniformis
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, ...
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These birds carry a toxin deadlier than cyanide
New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...