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What allowed an ecosystem to support toothy predators all over the food chain?

From the blog of Bonnie K. Goodman at The Times of Israel

We have arrived. It is March Break! And if you moms and dads out there are like me and my husband, we cannot go out of town for a whole

Heres a roundup of some of the most colourful and unique things to do, whether youre into outdoor or indoor play.

The piebald ball python is arguably one of the most stunning ball python morphs, and until now, the gene that creates this pattern of coloration was not known. Researchers with McGill University set out to determine what creates the piebald gene and

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

Researchers have located and successfully edited the gene responsible for reptilian color variants.

Snakes and mice don’t look alike. But much of what we know about skin colouration and patterning in vertebrates generally, including in snakes, is bas....

We have not given corals enough credit for their resilience and ability to bounce back. Panamas Tropical Eastern Pacific provides a glimpse into the diverse strategies corals are implementing to survive in an increasingly warmer, high CO2 world.

“This is one of the first times Ice Age effects have been found in a tropical species," says José Avila-Cervantes.