Scientists in western India have uncovered fossil remains of a gargantuan prehistoric snake that may have been one of the ...

A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

Snakes are muscle-noodles that have been biting and thriving for at least 140 million years. And while they’ve gone from squirming alongside dinosaurs to living alongside humans on every continent ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was ...

Researchers have found fossilized evidence that snakes had limbs, as well as cheekbones, around 100 million years ago. The researchers looked at a "strikingly well-preserved" fossil of a snake known ...

Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll. How much can the written records of ancient civilizations tell us about the animals they ...

Researchers have reported the discovery of fossils from a massive, ancient snake that could have been bigger than a bus. Fossils and fossil comparisons have revealed the characteristics of this huge ...

The head of a mummified domestic cat, revealed by X-ray micro CT scanning is seen in this undated image WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are gaining new insight into the ancient Egyptian practice of ...

WASHINGTON >> An ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported today. Fossils found near a coal mine revealed a snake that stretched an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Researchers in India have discovered an absolute beast of a ...