AMES, Iowa – Sansevieria, also known as snake plant, St. George’s sword ... has striking gold bands running vertically along the leaf edge. Other varieties have unique patterns and colors ...

This is bad news for the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, a highly adapted animal that swims through sandy desert soils and preys on everything from beetle larvae to scorpions. Its specialized nature and ...

HANOI — A viper with scales that look like eyelashes and a leaf-nosed bat are among dozens of ... members of the hedgehog family — and a snake found at 2,600 metres on Mount Fansipan in ...