Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

Snakes may be feared, but many animals hunt them. Explore how predators adapt to venom, speed, and defense to shape ...

As mammals with large brains, humans experience smell as a powerful sensory experience that’s closely linked with memory. The smell of baking bread may take us back to a moment in Paris. A perfumy ...

A red, parasitic worm turned out to be behind the woman's wide array of symptoms. | Credit: Hossain, M., Kennedy, K. J., ...

In the rainforests of Central and South America, a bright green snake often slips silently through the trees. Known as the ...

Female bees and wasps are the real defenders. Only females can sting, because stingers are modified egg-laying organs. Males do nothing in defence. Females guard nests, food, and colonies with extreme ...

Armed groups and a state-owned refinery’s oil leaks have displaced Barrancabermeja’s fishing community and poisoned a paradise once full of manatees and jaguars ...

Eclipses, such as the coming blood moon Tuesday, were often perceived as challenges to the natural order among some cultures.

Acquiring and caring for non-native albino rattlesnakes placed a financial burden on Molieri. Additionally, albinos are light-sensitive, significantly more dangerous to use in training, and not an ...

A growing body of research suggests the fastest route to biological aging isn't bad genetics or poor diet — it's the quiet, ...

That spider is one of several new animal species recently described by researchers in Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Borneo, and Peru. Each creature has evolved its own strategy for hiding in plain ...

A team of researchers have discovered a tiny bit of genetic material that was never previously know of. The obelisks in our bodies paint a clearer picture.