From cobras to gators, reptilian mascots and call signs appear on patches, aircraft and unit logos across every branch. Why?

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Roughly 80 million years ago in the shallow inland sea that once split North America into eastern and western land masses, a fearsome 33-foot-long (10-meter-long) marine reptile with powerful jaws and ...

After more than 30 years of being missing, the Blyde Rondavel flat gecko (Afroedura rondavelica) reappears in South Africa.

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