The West African Gaboon viper’s pattern of cream, yellow, brown and black scales helps it blend in with leaves, but a new…
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An observational study has found the Asian long-tailed skink (Eutropis longicaudata) will aggressively defend its eggs from…
The lethal beaked sea snake (Enhydrina shistosa) is actually two species of identical-looking snakes which have evolved separately…
One of the world’s most poisonous snakes might hold the key to new pain therapies in its venom. As ironic as that sounds, a protein component in black mamba venom called “mambalgin” has been shown – in…
An ancient slithering creature from the time of T-Rex has been identified as the most primitive known snake. The finding…
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Professor of Herpetology, Environmental Physiology and Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow and Co-head, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Center Director at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Professor of Zoology, Bangor University
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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