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Scientists Find an 'Exceptional Specimen' of a Cretaceous Lizard...Inside a Dinosaur's Belly

July 14, 2019 | Article

An ancient lizard was a flying dinosaur's last meal.
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Python Swallows Crocodile Whole. Photographer Captures Every Last, Grisly 'Bite.'

July 10, 2019 | Article

Teeth and scales didn't stop an Australian olive python from getting a meal.
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Miners Looking for Gemstones Find Ancient Sea Monster Instead

July 03, 2019 | Article

Miners digging for gemstones found something entirely different last month; the fossilized remains of an ancient sea monster.
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This 12-Foot, 463-Lb. Alligator Went Head to Head with a Semitruck

June 21, 2019 | Article

The creature survived the crash and wandered dazed in circles around a highway exit in Tallahassee before a trapper turned up.
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Anaconda Mom Gives Birth to Baby Clones, No Male Required

June 04, 2019 | Article

When it comes to making babies, it usually takes two to tango. But Anna, a 10-foot-long (3 meters) anaconda at Boston's New England Aquarium, did it solo. Earlier this year, Anna gave birth to 18 snake babies all by herself, no male snakes required.
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What Should You Do If You're Bitten by a Venomous Snake?

June 02, 2019 | Article

Above all, remain calm.
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Enormous Python Swallows, Vomits Up Even Bigger Python

May 23, 2019 | Article

An Australian python vomited up a larger Australian python that it had eaten earlier.
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3-Eyed Snake Found in Australia Surprises Rangers

May 02, 2019 | Article

Rangers in Australia could hardly believe their eyes when they came across a wild snake with three functioning peepers on its head.
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Captured 17-Foot-Long Python Was About to Have 73 Babies

April 08, 2019 | Article

Wildlife officials have captured a 17-foot-long (5.1 meters) Burmese python and a mother-to-be in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve — the longest python ever found in the preserve, which neighbors the Everglades.
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Before There Were Dinosaurs, This Triassic 'Lizard King' Ruled Antarctica

January 31, 2019 | Article

Meet the original "lizard king" — an iguana-size reptile that ruled Antarctica 250 million years ago.
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