Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

Researchers have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom, offering a new route to rapid diagnosis and better antivenoms.

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The public is invited to attend the Grad’s latest art exhibits, “Lunation: 29 Days of Darkness & Light,” before it closed.

A Europa Lander prototype was just successfully field tested on Alaska's Matanuska Glacier to simulate the icy conditions of ...

On the Gregorian calendar, Lunar New Year — which lasts from the first new moon to the next full moon ... ended Tuesday and the "Year of the Snake" began. Snakes in Chinese mythology aren ...

According to Google, the first new moon of the lunar calendar has been celebrated for more than 3,000 years in various Asian countries. The Doodle artwork honours the Year of the Snake ...

With the snap and sizzle of firecrackers to shoo away any evil spirits and ring in the Year of the Snake with ... be celebrating the new year as heralded by the first new moon of the lunar ...

The new moon usually happens at some point between ... the dragon. The Year of the Snake represents a period of transformation, introspection and growth, according to the Chinese Language Institute.

It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 ... The circle of 12 animals — the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig ...

Hundreds of millions gathered Wednesday in homes and crowded festivals to mark the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar new year, ringing in the Year of the Snake with feasts, dances, firework ...