Snakes are everywhere in our legends and mythology. Yet for most of us, our blood runs cold whenever we encounter these strangely undulating, scaly tubes of muscle slithering through the leaf litter.

A remarkable fossil of the Cretaceous-period snake Tametara mirim in Brazil unveils new insights into snake evolution.

Komodo dragons are one of the relatively few species of lizards whose huge size seems almost impossible for this type of ...

By Will Dunham July 23 (Reuters) - Snakes first appeared during the age of dinosaurs, but fossils of many early species are so fragmentary that scientists have had difficulty deciphering their ...

The evolution of Spider-Man took shocking twists and turns before Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Psychology says people who are scared of cockroaches, bugs or house lizard aren't always reacting without reason. Psychology explains that fear of insects and reptiles can develop through evolution, ...

A new study challenges the familiar idea that the brain evolved by stacking rational systems on top of primitive emotional ...

Out today 23rd July on Steam, Rubinite is a murderously focused boss rush RPG with an enveloping dark fantasy world.

Some of the most powerful medicines we will ever find are already here, carried in the fangs, stingers, and saliva of ...

Gecko toe hairs use van der Waals forces so strong DARPA copied them into real wall-climbing suits — the science behind ...

Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest ...

Movement defines life across the animal kingdom. From a fish cutting through water to a bird taking flight, muscles power ...