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Reptiles are a class of animals characterized by bodies covered by scales. Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates containing at least one lung. Examples of reptiles include turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes.
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NOV 28, 2017Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 14, 2017Genetics & Genomics
People who doubt evolution need only look around to see examples of it in action.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2017Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Ichthyosaurus Communis is one of the first-known species of ichthyosaur to exist on Earth, and some U.K.-based paleontol ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2017Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Plants & Animals
As if Texans didn’t have enough to worry about amid the constant bombardment of water and flooding from Hurricane ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservation experts and crocodile lovers alike should be excited to hear that perhaps the most elusive crocodile ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2017Plants & Animals
Throughout history, humans have relocated animals from one part of the world to another. Sometimes the relations are on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur researchers continue to go back and forth about what dinosaurs might have looked like back in the day, and it&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 17, 2017Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2017Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 02, 2017Videos
Turns out reptiles can actually be trained. At zoos, this can be helpful for animal care and research. By training the r ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Sleep is defined as a reversible condition of reduced responsiveness usually associated with immobility. The decreased a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Just as human juveniles happen to lose their baby teeth to make way for much larger and stringer adult teeth, scientists ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2017Videos
We are all multi-cellular beings. Mammals, amphibians and reptiles all are made up of complicated combinations of smalle ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
Fifteen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles are warming up at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital aft ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 23, 2016Plants & Animals
When wildlife lovers hear of a new plant or animal species being discovered, it’s music to the ears, but a new rep ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A fossilized relic encased inside of a hunk of amber appears to be a well-preserved specimen of a dinosaur tail with fea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 08, 2016Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call ...
NOV 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 14, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
People who doubt evolution need only look around to see examples of it in action.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainfor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Ichthyosaurus Communis is one of the first-known species of ichthyosaur to exist on Earth, and some U.K.-based paleontol
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
As if Texans didn’t have enough to worry about amid the constant bombardment of water and flooding from Hurricane
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservation experts and crocodile lovers alike should be excited to hear that perhaps the most elusive crocodile
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
Throughout history, humans have relocated animals from one part of the world to another. Sometimes the relations are on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur researchers continue to go back and forth about what dinosaurs might have looked like back in the day, and it&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2017
Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 02, 2017
Videos
Turns out reptiles can actually be trained. At zoos, this can be helpful for animal care and research. By training the r
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Sleep is defined as a reversible condition of reduced responsiveness usually associated with immobility. The decreased a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Just as human juveniles happen to lose their baby teeth to make way for much larger and stringer adult teeth, scientists
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2017
Videos
We are all multi-cellular beings. Mammals, amphibians and reptiles all are made up of complicated combinations of smalle
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Fifteen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles are warming up at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital aft
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
When wildlife lovers hear of a new plant or animal species being discovered, it’s music to the ears, but a new rep
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A fossilized relic encased inside of a hunk of amber appears to be a well-preserved specimen of a dinosaur tail with fea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 08, 2016
Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call
...