“There is a python with a platypus in its mouth,” Elliot Bowerman’s friend called out as the two walked through a forest in Queensland, Australia. Sure enough, in the nearby creek, a two-meter-long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

Scientists found a 1-foot-long predator with “enlarged” yellow eyes in the bushes of a mountain in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty/iStockphoto In the mountains of ...

The US meat industry has had a long love affair with three major sources of protein: cows, pigs, and chickens. While you can find different animals if you peruse your grocery store, the Big Three ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

A woman has gone viral after her doorbell camera captured her beating up a snake—to save the little frog that lives on her porch. Katie Lowdon, 31, lives in Washington with her family, which, for the ...

Thinking about bringing home a pet that doesn’t bark, shed or beg for snacks? Enter the snake: nature’s silent, scaly roommate. While they won’t fetch your slippers, snakes make surprisingly chill ...

For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned anyone ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WKRC) - A man was sentenced after pleading guilty to stalking a woman, bombing her home, and conspiring to use a python to "eat [her] daughter," per court documents. According to a ...

A snake in Denmark has been spotted attempting to consume an oversized hare that's 10 times larger than itself. The chance observation of an adult female common European adder killing and intending to ...

Displaying a serpent devouring its own tail, the ouroboros is one of the oldest symbols, representing the infinite story of ...