Snakes are among the most feared predators on Earth, armed with venom, stealth, and some of the most specialized hunting adaptations in the animal kingdom. But not all snakes are equally dangerous. In ...

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as ...

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Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...

Quick Take Brown tree snakes are invasive in Guam, depressing populations of native wildlife by eating lizards, birds, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

A peculiar 37-million-year-old snake fossil, Paradoxophidion richardoweni, unearthed in England, is rewriting evolutionary ...