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 ...

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 ...

Scientists finally know how venomous snakes sink their teeth into prey thanks to a series of high-speed videos. In a new study, published Thursday (Oct. 23) in the Journal of Experimental Biology, ...

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 ...

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When a snake displays its fangs, it’s showing off one of evolution’s greatest weapons. This is because snake venom is not a ...

In something straight out of a horror movie, scientists have found that Burmese pythons can open their mouths even wider than we previously thought. These snakes' enormous jaws may be able to open as ...