New Snake Research Yields Insights on Reptile Evolution
New research on a garden-variety snake in Alberta provides an unprecedented look at how their skulls develop—and may offer new clues into how reptiles evolved….
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Scientists Discover a New Species of Venomous Snake in Australia
Researchers at Swansea University’s College of Science are part of an international team that has discovered a new species of venomous snake in Australia. The…
Scientists Discover Four-Legged Snake Fossil
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have discovered a fossil of a snake that had four legs, helping to reveal how snakes made the transition…
Yale Researchers Illuminate Major Evolutionary Patterns of Snakes
A team of researchers from Yale University analyzed snake genomes, modern snake anatomy, and information from the fossil record, generating a family tree for living…
Coniophis Precedens, The Most Primitive Known Snake
In a published study titled “A transitional snake from the Late Cretaceous of North America,” Yale researchers argue that snakes descend from terrestrial ancestors and…
Titanoboa, a Paleogene Period 40-Foot Long Snake
A new fossil of an extraordinarily large snake was discovered in the lowland tropics of northern Colombia, 60 miles from the Caribbean coast in Cerrejón….
