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In 1979, Japan released 30 mongooses onto Amami Oshima to kill venomous snakes, and it took 45 years to fix what happened nextJapan's ambitious plan to control venomous snakes on Amami Ōshima with Indian mongooses in 1979 backfired spectacularly. The introduced pre...
‘T. rex of the Sea’: Scientists discover 43-foot ‘King of the Tylosaurs’ that terrorized oceans 145 million years agoA new giant marine reptile, Tylosaurus Rex, has been discovered. Fossils found in Texas reveal this predator ruled the oceans 80 million ye...
Faking death, tentacle traps, spider tails: Inside the minds of the world's most cunning snakesSnakes are not just scary, they are strategic. Some species use mind games and fake moves to survive. The King Cobra varies hunting tactics...
How to identify if the snake near your pond is a cottonmouth or just a harmless watersnakeMany people mistake snakes for cottonmouths. Experts say to look for specific features. Cottonmouths have stout bodies and dark facial stri...
Enormous octopuses dominated Earth's prehistoric seas over 100 million years agoAncient oceans were once ruled by enormous octopus relatives. New research reveals these early creatures were massive, dominant hunters. Fo...
Scientists found snake cannibalism in over 200 species, and it’s more common than you thinkScientists now understand snake cannibalism is a common survival strategy. Previously thought rare, new research reveals it occurs across h...
Florida under threat? The largest and most dangerous lizards in US, Nile Monitors, on the looseFlorida faces a growing threat from Nile monitors, an invasive lizard species. These aggressive reptiles are establishing breeding populati...
9 terrifying animals that look like monsters but won’t hurt you9 terrifying animals that look like monsters but won’t hurt you
Man vs Wild: Barefoot person in US tames Giant Alligator in Interstate Showdown. Watch videoDrivers along Florida's I-95 were shocked to see a barefoot man grappling with a huge alligator in the highway median. With assistance from...
'One wrong move, then': Confident man seen petting a cobra in a viral videoA video showing a man calmly interacting with a cobra has gone viral. The man pets the snake and touches his forehead to its head without s...
Man goes on a casual walk and comes back with a 'reptilian bagpack': Watch viral videoA video of a frilled-neck lizard climbing onto a man in an Australian forest has gone viral. The lizard inflated its frill and followed the...
Inside the illicit trade of exotic animals from Myanmar to IndiaThe civil war in Myanmar and resultant anarchy in border areas have given a new life to the smuggling of wildlife—from marmoset monkeys to ...
After floods, Bengalureans now face snakes, rodents menaceHundreds of snake bite cases have been reported across the city in the last three days. According to a Bangalore Mirror report, many hospit...
Man comes dangerously close to be attacked by a king cobraAnimal lover Mike Holston , who calls himself 'The Real Tarzan' in his Instagram account and YouTube channel has posted a video of him tryi...
Putin likens opponents to "gnats", signaling new repressionWith his hopes for a blitz in Ukraine shattered and economic costs mounting swiftly, Putin unleashed a venomous diatribe at those who oppos...
AAP, BJP or Congress: Whose campaign brain will win Delhi?Let us look at the campaigns and strategies of the three political parties during the Delhi elections from a behavioural science perspectiv...
Delhi elections: Which campaign brain will win?BJP campaigns are usually designed more to appeal to this part of the brain. Protecting territory, aggression, self-preservation, and safet...
- Australians call for crocodile culling to prevent fatalities
With the population of crocodiles tripling in the last three decades in western Australia, the local population have sought selective culli...
- Crocodile nesting: Awareness campaign intensified in Vadodara
Don't venture near the river bank' read the big signboards that are being installed on the banks of Vishwamitri River.
- India's only captive white crocodile to be set free soon
39-year-old 'Gori', India's only female albino captive white crocodile, will soon be released into the wild to enable it to adopt to the na...