Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

“They are the ones that have to be able to strike as quickly as possible,” says Alistair Evans, a zoologist at Monash University in Melbourne. It typically takes mammals between 60 to 400 milliseconds ...

Abstract: Promoter identification is significant for elucidating gene regulation mechanisms, which are central to biological processes such as development and disease progression. Traditional machine ...

Maine is an outdoor lover’s paradise and home to some of the most beautiful and demanding outdoor areas in the nation. One of the most challenging outdoor activities in Maine is taking a hike through ...

Introduction: Histamine is an important mediator of allergy, and inhibiting its binding to H1 receptors (H1R) is a key method to alleviate allergic diseases. Natural products with anti-allergic ...

Eastern indigo snakes eat venomous snakes, and they’re the longest snakes native to the U.S., but they’re non-venomous themselves and aren’t aggressive when approached. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper ...

Biologists released 42 Eastern indigo snakes into their increasingly uncommon environment, the longleaf pine ecosystem in the Florida Panhandle. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators. The conservation program has now released 209 Eastern ...