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Bite reveals 51 poisonous snakes in apartment

A nearly fatal bite by a poisonous snake led to the arrest of a man Wednesday for keeping 51 deadly cobras and mambas in his Tokyo apartment without permission, police said.

Python strangles student zookeeper

A university student has been strangled to death by a captive 3-meter python at a park in Venezuela where the young man was working as an intern.

Bush may seek protection for island chains

President Bush will seek formal comment from his Cabinet agencies next week on a plan that could make three of the world's most remote and pristine island chains off-limits to commercial fishing and mineral exploration.

Eco Quiz: Turtles

Out of the seven known species of turtles, how many are officially listed as endangered species by the U.S?

Time.com: World's Smallest Snake in Barbados

A U.S. scientist said Sunday he has discovered the globe's tiniest species of snake in the easternmost Caribbean island of Barbados

Fortune: The Southwest desert's real estate boom

Doug Buchanan grins with relief when he sees the carcasses. He has just driven up a steep dirt road onto a vast, sunbaked mesa overlooking the Mojave Desert in western Nevada. There, a few feet from the trail, lie the corpses of two steers. A raven perches on one, the only object more than three feet above the ground on this pancake-flat plateau. Cattle, dead or alive, qualify as good news in Buchanan's line of work. If cattle are present, that means grazing is permitted, and that in turn means that this land is most likely not protected habitat for the desert tortoise.

Time.com: Sea Turtle Set for Release in the Wild

Weighing 150 pounds and strong enough to require five men to wrestle her out of her saltwater tank, Dylan the sea turtle is ready to be set free after nine years in captivity and a final checkup by her veterinarian

Divers battled Komodo dragon before rescue

Five Europeans rescued Saturday after an Indonesia diving trip went wrong had to fight off a Komodo dragon while they were waiting to be found, according to reports.

Rescuers scour sea for lost European divers

Rescue teams were Friday searching for a group of European vacationers who disappeared while on a scuba diving trip in treacherous waters off a remote tropical island in eastern Indonesia.

FSB: Turtle power

Lucas Miller is a self-proclaimed "singing zoologist" whose love affair with marine life dates to his days at Miami University in Ohio.

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