Africa's Senegal coucal, a ground-dwelling bird, expertly hunts snakes, its primary prey. While snakes rely on venom or ...

Nature is full of amazing creatures whose species have evolved over centuries to get to where they are today. One amazing adaptation is mimicry, a tool that some species use to trick both predators ...

Researchers analyzed venomous snake strikes, revealing remarkable speed and precision in less than a blink of an eye. Variations in strike velocity, ...

Researchers in Colombia have scanned the skins of aquatic snakes to figure out how scale sensilla, tiny sensor-like structures, could help them find and attack prey. Scale sensilla, which are ...

When we think of fast animals, cheetahs sprinting across the African Savanna or peregrine falcons diving through the sky might come to mind. But some of the speediest creatures can be found slithering ...

Most people’s reaction to seeing a snake is a mix of surprise and a sudden urge to be somewhere else. While many snakes are quite content to move at a leisurely pace, a select few have turned speed ...

Foxes have a reputation for cleverness and stealth, as seen in their roles as storybook tricksters over many centuries. These ambush hunters eat just about anything they can find. This includes ...

New research indicates that, relative to their size, the snakes that can gulp down the largest meals are harmless and three feet long. By Kate Golembiewski Snakes can’t really unhinge their jaws, but ...