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Watch venomous snakes wrestling for wormlike creature in epic tug-of-war battleFirst-of-its-kind footage captures two coral snakes fighting over a wormlike creature in western Colombia.
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What does python taste like? Because it could be slithering onto our dinner plates.A study conducted on two snake farms has found that breeding pythons for meat is more energy and resource-efficient than current livestock production, offering a viable protein alternative.
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We're finally close to a universal antivenom that works against cobra, krait and black mamba snake bites, say researchersA lab-made antibody can neutralize the neurotoxins in the venoms of cobras, kraits and black mambas, raising hopes for a universal antivenom treatment for snake bites.
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Giant ball of Burmese pythons having sex discovered in Florida Everglades in record-breaking catchIn a record-setting expedition, conservationists in the Everglades captured and removed 11 invasive pythons from the environment.
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Mary River turtle: The green-haired oddball that can breathe through its butt for 72 hoursThe Mary River turtle has adapted to life underwater after splitting from all other living turtle lineages more than 18 million years ago.
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Snakes are built to evolve at incredible speeds, and scientists aren't sure whySnakes have an evolutionary clock that ticks a lot faster than many other groups of animals, allowing them to diversify and evolve at super quick speeds, researchers have discovered.
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How we found the northern green anaconda, a new species of the heaviest snake on EarthThe northern green anaconda has been identified as a new species after genetic analysis showed it split from its southern counterpart 10 million years ago.
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Watch chameleon erupt in color 'as if uttering her last words' in her final moments before deathFootage of Labord's chameleon in last moments of her short life shows her skin burst into 'chaotic technicolor patterns' — a spectacle never observed in the wild before.
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Alligators survive cold snap by becoming 'frozen solid' in North Carolina and Texas pondsWhen temperatures drop below freezing, alligators can enter a state of torpor known as brumation, as the water around them solidifies and suspends them in a giant, pond-shaped ice cube.
