‘Hugging’ creature from Brazil shakes up picture of snake evolution. The creature’s limbs were probably not used for locomotion, the researchers say, but rather for grasping prey, or perhaps for ...

Figure 1: Adult maxillary dentition mapped onto a molecular snake phylogeny to show relative positions of the various fang types. Figure 2: Shh expression in the embryonic snake palate, showing the ...

Paleontologists in India have unearthed fossilized bones from one of the largest snakes ever discovered. In a study, published last week in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers suggest the ...

There is little or no pain or swelling at the site of the bite, and other symptoms can be delayed for 12 hours. However, if untreated by antivenin, the neurotoxin begins to disrupt the connections ...