Key points In 2012, scientists working off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica found dozens of sea snakes with crabs and other ...

Like all other snakes, sea snakes shed their skin as they grow. But because they live near the surface of the open ocean, ...

Scientists have finally taken a look inside one of the most unusual snakes ever discovered—and what they saw was stranger ...

Many organisms often set up their homes on sea turtles. Known as epibionts, the most noticeable passengers are usually the ...

(Omid Mozaffari/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) A number of creatures on Earth possess a sting in their tails – but there's ...

Researchers discovered that combinations of toxin-blocking proteins naturally found in rattlesnake blood can powerfully ...

From Australia’s highly venomous brown snakes and inland taipan to Africa’s black mamba, this collection explores some of the ...

University of Maryland researchers have identified a promising new way to treat venomous snakebites by borrowing from snakes' own natural defenses ...

Bearded capuchin monkeys hunt more small vertebrates when fruit is scarce, according to a long-term field study in Brazil.

The awards are an unaffiliated spoof of the Nobel Prizes. They highlight research achievements that are surprising and ...

Gecko sex chromosomes arose 22 separate times, and the genes already on a chromosome hint at whether it turns into an X or a ...

The spider-tailed horned viper lures prey by wiggling an arachnid-shaped growth on its tail. Scientists finally looked inside ...