Interbreeding between Burmese and Indian pythons in South Florida might have resulted in what geneticists call hybrid vigor. One result is that the snakes seem to have adapted to both swamps and high, dry ground. Read more.
In June 1815, the Allied army defeated Napoleon’s army at Waterloo. An Indonesian volcano helped, says a scientist at Imperial College London. Here’s how.
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Lubomir Lenko Photography wrote from Brehov, Slovakia, on August 18: "The rise of Orion is back with the fine shine of zodiacal light." Orion is in the lower right. See its Belt, the 3 stars in a short, straight row? The zodiacal light nearly fills the frame in this photo. Can you see that the light is pyramid-shaped? Read more.
This 18-foot (5.5-meter) Burmese python captured and killed in the Everglades in 2014 is one of the largest pythons discovered there. Read more. Image via Daily Mail.
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