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

Ancient England snake fossil Paradoxophidion helps explain how modern snakes evolved during warm humid Eocene period.

A remarkable fossil, Breugnathair elgolensis, unearthed on Scotland's Isle of Skye, offers crucial insights into snake evolution. This 167-million-year-old reptile exhibits a unique blend of ...

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...

In deserts, jungles and swamps around the world, snakes are waging a biochemical war against their prey. When a snake displays its fangs, it’s showing off one of evolution’s greatest weapons. This is ...

Dwelling around 167 million years ago, the chimeric reptile was discovered along with 70 other prehistoric species.

In western Wyoming, the remarkable discovery of four nearly complete snake fossils, named Hibernophis Breithaupti, dating back 34 to 38 million years, provides unprecedented insights into snake ...

It is easy to think of snakes as creatures that were always legless, gliding effortlessly through grass or sand. Yet millions of years ago, their ancestors had four fully formed limbs. The journey ...

High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

On very rare occasions, an exceptional fossil is unearthed that provides an extraordinary glimpse into the evolution of a group of organisms. This time, it is the beautifully preserved skull of an ...

In a significant breakthrough in the study of limbless locomotion, an international team of scientists has documented and modelled a previously unrecorded escape movement used by newborn yellow ...

New fossils found in Australia tell us that enormous snakes evolved from predatory lizards like goannas, scientists say. Palaeontologist Dr John Scanlon describes the well-preserved 25 to 20 ...