Imagine walking into tall grass or working barefoot in a field … and suddenly feeling sharp pain on your foot. You've just been bitten by a snake. This is more than a moment of shock; it could be the ...

While the northern giant hornet's sting is painful to humans, some Asian frogs fearlessly consume these venomous insects. Scientists reveal that frogs possess genetic adaptations in their nerve cells, ...

A recent study compiled over 500 incidents of cannibalism in more than 200 species of snakes, revealing that the behavior is ...

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at all.

Contrary to popular belief, water moccasins and cottonmouth snakes are the same snakes. Both terms refer to the same species, ...

Born as a simple gesture with the hands, rock-paper-scissors is today a global phenomenon. The popular hand game is used ...

“If you look at the iguana, there’s a circle on the side of its head that’s actually a really good aiming point,” he says.

Wildlife conservationist Paul Rosolie has reflected on multiple life-threatening encounters with anacondas, including a failed attempt to be eaten on television and an earlier attack in the wild.

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as impressive is that they can go months, or even a whole year, without a single meal.

If you grew up on nature documentaries, you probably have “snake = scary predator” wired into your brain. But out in the real world, snakes are very much on the menu. Birds stomp them. Mammals chew ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...