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![When a visitor to a state park on Key Largo found the snake, the dead reptile had a giant centipede stuck in its throat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fE9LnQ56XMw4sJv6qMY5LH-320-80.jpg)
Rare Florida snake found dead after choking on a giant centipede
By Mindy Weisberger last updated
The rim rock crowned snake is the rarest snake in North America. And now there's one less, after a snake was found dead with a centipede stuck in its throat.
![An illustration of lystrosaurs with short-tailed, lizard-like bodies, tusks, and beaks. The Triassic animals are standing near a waterway in front of some mountains and ominous clouds.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cVKgarvDZERRErt98kjM9G-320-80.jpg)
Mummified, spread-eagled Triassic 'shovel lizards' look like roadkill and likely died in a drought
By Stephanie Pappas published
While surviving a mass extinction, strange tusked animals called lystrosaurs may have faced repeated drought, "mummy" fossils suggest.
![Close up of a smiling alligator.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/imXjzrurukEQYwQnKEvHYf-320-80.jpg)
Watch a cannibal alligator chomp down on another gator in jaw-dropping video
By Rebecca Sohn published
An alligator was recently recorded on video while eating another alligator. But while such behavior might be gruesome, it's not unusual.
![Hatchling loggerhead sea turtles making their way to the ocean on Clam Pass Beach in Florida.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zRehiYEvam55KGfe2iKx4A-320-80.jpg)
Most of Florida's newly-hatched sea turtles are female. Why?
By Patrick Pester published
Almost all sea turtle hatchlings are emerging from their eggs as females on some Florida beaches. What's going on?
![Can turtles really breathe through their butts?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LPeAL8AT8jGckGfG4vGx6R-320-80.jpg)
Can turtles really breathe through their butts?
By Harry Baker published
Some freshwater turtles engage in a process akin to butt breathing.
![The fossilized plastron (left) and carapace (right) of the newly discovered turtle's shell.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UgPBYPY2cR6xwTJAhqzcDT-320-80.jpg)
Ancient Transylvanian turtle survived the extinction of the dinosaurs
By Harry Baker last updated
A new study into the fossilized remains of an ancient turtle in Romania has revealed a brand-new species that managed to survive when the nonavian dinosaurs could not.
![Two wildlife officials, one in a parks uniform and one in a neon vest, pose with a clutch of invasive python eggs with young hatchlings in their hands; a second photo shows one official holding an adult python](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b85x92ggv6dJpwqw8qXFGn-320-80.jpg)
19 python babies and their massive mom nabbed in Florida nursery raid
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Officials removed two breeding females and many hatchlings.
![Two crocodiles bask in the sun. Cold-blooded animals can't make their own heat, so they must move to warm places to warm their bodies up.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B3iinpTazCJnx4LskepukZ-320-80.jpg)
Crocodiles: Facts and photos of some of the toothiest reptiles
By Alina Bradford last updated
Crocodiles are large reptiles that belong to the order Crocodilia, which includes alligators, caimans and gharials.
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