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Scary Snake Strategy: Cuban Boas Hunt in Packs

June 06, 2017 | Article

Snakes are more social than scientists thought.
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14th Hole's a Killer: 2 Deadly Snakes Fight in Golf Course Video

June 02, 2017 | Article

Two of the world's deadliest snakes were spotted fighting on the green of a golf course.
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'Winged Serpent' Fossil Found in 5-Million-Year-Old Sinkhole

May 17, 2017 | Article

The fossilized remains of an ancient "winged serpent" were discovered among hundreds of other snake bones.
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Shhh: A Gallery of Secretive Ground Snakes

March 22, 2017 | Image Album

Check out these photos of Atractus snakes, which typically live in burrows and eat insect larvae.
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Rare 'Snakes from Hell' Lurk Near Petrochemical Plant in Ecuador

March 22, 2017 | Article

A secretive new ground snake gets a mythology-inspired name.
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'King of Snakes' Defeats Larger Serpents by Squeezing Them to Death

March 15, 2017 | Article

How does the mighty kingsnake overpower the even mightier rat snake? It uses its tremendous constriction power, a new study finds.
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How the King of Snakes Makes a Meal Out of Rival Serpents | Video

March 15, 2017 | Video

The kingsnake triumphs over larger, rival serpents by squeezing them to death with its powerful constriction.
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Blergh! Why a 13-Foot Python Puked Up an Impala (and How)

March 14, 2017 | Article

A giant snake loses its lunch.
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World's Rarest Boa Snake Seen for 1st Time in 64 Years

February 17, 2017 | Article

A tree-dwelling Cropan's boa snake recently captured in Brazil is the first living specimen seen in 64 years.
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Deadly Cocktail: Mammal-Like Reptiles Were 1st Venomous Vertebrates

February 15, 2017 | Article

The world's first land-dwelling venomous vertebrate wasn't a snake, but a mammal-like, cat-size reptile that lived before the dinosaur age in what is now South Africa, a new study finds.
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