Any list of the friendliest snakes in North America would have to include this Halloween-hued serpent. The corn snake probably gets its name from the checkered pattern of its belly scales, which ...

After the Cobre Panamá copper mine shut down in 2023, the mine’s infrastructure was left to waste away by the company in a biodiverse jungle area ... has fallen. Corn, yucca, yam, everything ...

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State government data from 2017-18 to 2024-25 till January 31 shows 774 people were killed in wildlife attacks. Of these, 516 were victims of fatal bites from venomous snakes outside the forest. The ...

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President Trump has been pushing tariffs in the first weeks of his new term. What are tariffs? How do they work? Are they good policy? We explore these questions, and others, in this lesson. By ...

Elephants are learning to live with us. Can we do the same? Elephants are learning to live with us. Can we do the same?