Vasuki indicus, a prehistoric snake fossil discovered in Gujarat, India, measures an astounding 49 feet in length, surpassing ...

In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see. A ...

Understanding the evolution of vision in snakes, such as this pipe snake (Anilius scytale), could improve our knowledge of snake origins and the evolution of the ...

Named after the mythical serpent Vasuki from Hindu mythology, it belonged to the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, a group of ...

The initial stages of snake evolution were driven by the need to survive in specific habitats, such as burrowing underground, swimming through water, or moving through dense vegetation.

Scientists once believed that Elapoidea, the superfamily containing cobras, coral snakes and mambas, originated in Africa. A fossil of a file snake found in Tanzania and dated to the Oligocene ...

Primitive snakes fossils dating to the Early Cretaceous (145 to 100.5 million years ago) feature tiny limbs as well, indicating that legs persisted for quite some time during the early evolution of ...

The study shows that UV colors are widespread in snakes, and may play a significant role in evading predators such as birds.

The fossilized skeleton of the newly discovered snake species Hibernophis breithaupti, which lived 38 million years ago in what is now western Wyoming, reveals insights into the evolution and ...

One well-documented example of an arms race adaptation is the potent poison in the skin of the newt Taricha granulosa, which is food for the garter snake. Over time, some genetic variants of the ...