Despite being deadly predators, rattlesnakes avoid skunks because of the skunk’s powerful defenses, biological tricks, and surprising toughness—proving that brains (and smell) sometimes beat fangs. [r ...

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Invasive northern snakeheads can “walk” on land, breathe air and survive out of water for several days, and they also compete with native species in waterways ...

From the mines of Papua New Guinea to the water tanks of India, here are where researchers are finding new species.

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Snakes are some of nature’s most feared predators, but even they have enemies. Discover the 8 animals snakes fear the most and why these creatures pose such a threat to them. You won’t believe who ...

There is a broad range of predators that eat snakes. This includes many birds that can drop down on the normally suspicious ...

Photo shared by Suranjan Karunarathna “This snake inflates its body when it is scared and to ward off predators,” study co-author Suranjan Karunarathna wrote in an April 15 email to McClatchy News.

The “tiny” snake is often mistaken for an earthworm and is being shipped globally unintentionally in the root balls of ...

Common toads can fill up their bodies with air, a ploy that sometimes works with a snake that must swallow all of the prey or none of it. If the attempt to eat a toad continues, the snake or any other ...