About the size of a half-dollar, the tiny painted river terrapin hatchling – a critically endangered species – at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., should get an Olympic gold medal.

Ian Easterling, a biologist with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, captured a 153-pound female Burmese python, one of the largest caught in Florida in 2025. Conservancy of Southwest ...

Indian immigrants in the United States have found success, and unexpected hostility.Credit...Miraj Patel for The New York Times Supported by By Lydia Polgreen Opinion Columnist, reporting from Sugar ...

So, we can say that this individual had very recently hatched at the time of its death, which would make it the first hatchling ankylosaur we've ever discovered." Discover the latest in science, tech, ...

Most of the worries about an AI bubble involve investments in businesses that built their large language models and other forms of generative AI on the concept of the transformer, an innovative type ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing destruction in the Florida Everglades. The snakes have contributed to the decline of several small mammal populations. Estimates place the Burmese ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims to raise public awareness about the threat invasive species pose to the ...

Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel wished his followers on X a happy Diwali. It did not go over well. Far-right Christian nationalist and white nationalist accounts flooded his post with bigoted ...

Ask anyone who’s ever attended an Indian wedding to describe it, and watch their eyes light up. Shimmering silks and dizzying colors meet tables groaning under the weight of fragrant spices and sweets ...

Fashion trend forecasters should flag snake skin as the next big thing in the Sunshine State. The invasive Burmese python, which has been terrorizing the natural wildlife of the Florida Everglades for ...

In the annals of American motorcycle manufacturing history, the Indian name ranks among the most revered in the game. That has a lot to do with the fact that Indian was America's first legit ...

DeSantis spoke behind a sign that said, "Python be gone," at the Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area, where three people near the governor wrestled holding a large, live python. Gov. Ron ...