Snakes get rid of waste in the same way that other animals do. Once everything has been completely digested, the waste goes through an opening near the end of the tail. However, because snakes’ bodies ...

In February 2013, Fernando Garberoglio was searching for fossils in the La Buitrera Paleontological Area, a vast region in Argentina’s Río Negro province. Then an undergraduate paleontology student at ...

The fossil discovery in Argentina will help to resolve mysteries over when snakes began their transition to their modern form. By Becky Ferreira Snakes, with their sleek bodies and kaleidoscopic ...

Hidden for 95 million years beneath layers of sediment, the remarkablywell-preserved skull of an ancient legged snake species — Najash rionegrina — has now revealed a chapter of evolutionary history ...

A group dedicated to protecting rattlesnakes and educating people about the venomous snakes in their midst has found a new home at Jacksonville's Tree Hill Nature Center. The Rattlesnake Conservancy, ...