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After an in-depth analysis of the genetic material from hundreds of swabs taken from the walls, floors, machines and drains ...

T HE MALAGASY baobab tree, whose thick trunks and tiny branches dot Madagascar’s landscape, should not, by rights, have ...

Upon closer inspection, researchers noticed a few key differences in the snake’s morphology and identified it as a new species. Ptyas bachmaensis, or the Bach Ma green rat snake, is first ...