After viewing this short Instagram reel of a king cobra calmly drinking from a bowl of water, you might wonder how snakes actually drink. The cobra simply places its mouth in the vessel and appears to ...

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Predators in the forest understory are learning a strange new lesson: sometimes that ominous hiss in the leaf litter is not a ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

Death cap mushrooms are responsible for the majority of the world's mushroom-related deaths. California Officials say 21 ...

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

From venomous sprays to lethal toxins , these animals can seriously injure—or even kill – without ever laying a claw, tooth ...

We explain why snakes have to shed their entire top layer of skin in one go as part of their growth cycle and how often they ...

The discovery of the Snake Goddess made researchers focus on the mysterious religion of Minoan Crete and its connection of ...

Released in the Year of The Snake, and with clear nods to East Asian culture, Disney’s latest animated feature has smashed ...

A rare discovery in a Cuban cave has rewritten what we thought we knew about reptile intelligence: the first snake hunters we ...