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Sumatran Red Blood Python commonly known as red short-tailed python against a forest-like background.
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Snakes have intrigued scientists for centuries. Studying these serpents has offered clues into their bodies, venom chemistry, and developing potent antivenoms.

reptiles

T. rex-like dinosaur head covered in knobby structures

The Dino That Looked T. Rex-y Long Before T. Rex 

Close-up of the head of the Aldabra Giant Tortoise. Her face is dirty from eating grass on a sandy beach.

How Slow Can You Go?

Tiliqua rugosa, sleepy lizard, on reddish soil in western Australia

Researchers Probe Genetics Behind a Lizard’s Odd Immune System

leatherback sea turtle making its way across a beach

Fifteen-Year Project Quantifies Threat to Reptiles

colorful parrot-like bird riding a tiny bicycle on a tightrope

Reptiles are the Real Bird Brains

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Numerosity Around the Animal Kingdom

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Shane Campbell-Staton Dissects the Anthropocene

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Snakes on a Plain

a leopard gecko with an unusually yellow body

“Lemon Frost” Leopard Geckos’ Cancers Similar to Human Melanomas

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Brain-Computer Interface Advances Help Reconnect the Mind and Body

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

A man wearing knee-high boots stands in ankle-deep, muddy water at night, holding a wet camera. Dense brine shrimp in the shallow water obscure the thrombolites on the lakebed.

Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

A woman in her 60s wears a yellow tank top and brown-rimmed glasses while placing a hormone-replacement patch on her upper arm.

Flawed Studies Linked Menopausal Hormone Therapy to Breast Cancer

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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Optimizing NGS Library Preparation for Reliable Sequencing Data

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Mapping Clonal Mosaicism in Aging Tissues

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