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Snake in the Grass! Huge Everglades Python Shows Invasive Issue
July 31, 2015 | ArticleA giant python, about as long as a shipping container, was captured in Everglades National Park in Florida earlier this month (July 9).
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Unexpected Step: Snake Ancestor Had Four Feet
July 23, 2015 | ArticleThe oldest snake fossil on record looks almost like a modern snake, except for one glaring difference: It has four feet, each with five digits, a new study finds.
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Photos: Weird 4-Legged Snake Was Transitional Creature
July 23, 2015 | ArticleSnakes used to have four legs, according to a roughly 120-million-year-old fossil from northeastern Brazil.
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Myth Debunked: Boa Constrictors Don't Suffocate Prey to Death
July 22, 2015 | ArticleBoa constrictors are notorious for their deadly grip, squeezing their next meal until it expires. But scientists have long wondered whether this fatal hug kills prey by suffocation or by obstructing blood flow in the snake's victims.
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Python Eats Porcupine, Regrets It Later (Here's Why)
June 26, 2015 | ArticleEver wonder what might happen if a python ate a porcupine? Well, wonder no more. One of these giant snakes — which kill prey by suffocating it and then consuming it whole — recently dined on a porcupine and didn't live to brag about it.
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In Images: Hungry Python Eats Porcupine Whole
June 26, 2015 | ArticleEver wonder what might happen if a python ate a porcupine?
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Snake Ancestor Had Ankles and Toes
May 20, 2015 | ArticleMillions of years ago, the common ancestor of all living snakes — a long creature with tiny hind limbs as well as ankles and toes — could be found slithering over the damp soil of forests in search of soft-bodied prey, a new study finds.
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Male Snakes Spend Mega Calories When They Mate
May 06, 2015 | ArticleEvery spring, red-sided garter snakes leave their hibernation burrows to engage in a frenzied jumble of mating. But doing the deed is no easy feat for males.
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Fact or Fiction? Test Your Knowledge About Snakes
April 23, 2015 | ArticleTo get to the bottom of some of the assumptions about snakes in the United States and separate fact from fiction, Live Science talked to several snake experts. Here are some commonly held beliefs about snakes and whether they're true or false.
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Black Mamba Facts
December 22, 2014 | ReferenceThe black mamba is one of the fastest and deadliest snakes in the world. Two drops of its venom can kill a person.
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