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The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days in captivity and then were presented with extremely unappetizing prey: ...

Live frogs, snakes and a gelatin frog for dissection are among the things children saw this week as they experienced the life of a herpetologist at the Cook Museum of Natural Science’s sold-out Jr.

Reptilian habitats and the eating habits of toads and frogs are just a few of the many things young students were able to experience at the Cook Museum of Natural Science on Wednesday as they learned ...

POUGHKEEPSIE — Idris Addo beamed as he held a plastic container with his scaly new family member, a spotted leopard gecko named Cersei. “I wanted an animal that I could hold,” said Idris, 8, adding, ...

If you grew up on nature documentaries, you probably have “snake = scary predator” wired into your brain. But out in the real world, snakes are very much on the menu. Birds stomp them. Mammals chew ...