More recently, I discovered the accompanying footage, which shows a Mabamba Swamp shoebill stalking, striking and gobbling a ...

Eva Longoria isn't the only one interested in hot cheetos. Last week, park rangers in Dinosaur Valley State Park near Fort Worth found a copperhead, one of 105 different species of snake found in ...

Sixty-seven million years ago, when dinosaur hatchlings first scrambled out of their eggs, their first—and last—glimpse of the world might have been the open jaws of a 3.5-metre-long snake named ...

Scientists in India have unearthed fossil remains of Vasuki indicus, a prehistoric snake potentially reaching 49 feet in length, making it one of the ...

Imagine the era of giant snakes dominating Earth; the massive size could easily hunt creatures larger than them. These ...

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Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A resident of Brisbane, Australia, implied that she planned to move after watching a giant snake emerge from a treetop and stretch its head and neck in the direction of her home. “Moving out asap,” ...

After the dinosaurs disappeared, the world saw an explosion of birds and mammals. But a study suggests a burst of new snakes appeared, too, with diets to match the newly expanding array of animals.

The diets of snakes diversified massively in the aftermath of the mass extinction event that wiped out the non-bird dinosaurs, contributing to the existence of the 4000 snake species we know today.

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The doom of the dinosaurs was good news for snakes. According to new research, snake biodiversity began increasing shortly after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction—you know, the one brought ...