The research, conducted in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan, was published in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Ecology and Evolution. "We now have evidence that this group of ...

Snakes are fearsome creatures that you wouldn’t consider to be prey for other predators – but there are some animals that regularly dine on snakes! Birds of prey are able to drop down on unsuspecting ...

Two red-tailed coral snakes have been observed competing over a caecilian in the first documented wild case of kleptoparasitism within the family Elapidae. Two red-tailed coral snakes have been ...

As if snakes couldn't get any scarier, a researcher stumbled across a snake that had vomited up two smaller snakes—one of which was somehow still alive. This skin-crawling story was shared to Facebook ...

There are hundreds of deadly snakes in the world, but only a few that actually want to eat you—and have the size to do it. A 2011 research article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Birds of prey typically fit into a common mold: they are ...