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Australian Skinks Mirror Honey Badger’s Venom-Blocking Mutation

Insights from Major Skink venom resistance are guiding efforts to develop novel treatments for neurotoxic snakebites.

Scientists Identify Giant Queensland Stick Insect as Australia’s Heaviest

Acrophylla Alta Confirmed as Australia’s Heaviest Insect, Search for Males Continues

Blue Sharks Reveal Dynamic Nanostructures Enabling Color Change

Urbanization Reshapes Chipmunk and Vole Skulls in Chicago Over 125 Years

Fossilized Dinosaur Gut Confirms Sauropods Swallowed Plants Whole

Wild Nematodes Self-Assemble into Wriggling Superorganism Towers for Dispersal

Landmark Study Chronicles 35-Million-Year Evolution and Extinction of Sloths

Study Reveals Sensory Origins of Vertebrate Teeth from Ancient Fish Skin Structures

160-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Pterosaurs’ Transition to Terrestrial Life

Study Reveals Mammals Transitioned to Ground-Based Living Before Dinosaur Extinction

New Two-Fingered Dinosaur Species Discovered in Mongolia

Early Mammals Had Uniform Dark Coats, Study Finds

Rare Fossils of Punk and Emo Reveal Complexity in Early Mollusks

Study Reveals Animals' Longstanding Relationship with Alcohol

Sea Robins Use Leg-like Fins to Walk and Taste for Prey

Neotropical Bats' Unique Diets Offer Insights into Diabetes

Hermit Crabs Globally Turning to Plastic Waste as Shells