"For me it's just amazing because I've been aspiring to be a paleontologist for as long as I can remember." While out for a hike with his dad, 12-year-old Nathan Hrushkin made a thrilling discovery — ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

As adults, these large snakes are better known for their slow, lumbering gait, but the researchers discovered that young ...

The Civic Lubbock, Inc. Board this week announced the upcoming inductions into the West Texas Walk of Fame for 2025. See who ...

Rare 95-million-year-old skull of legged snake Najash reveals how early snakes evolved, reshaping scientists’ theories on ...

That first dig was significant — the skeleton bones included rear limbs, making it the first evidence of a land-based snake ...

Why do snakes flick their tongues? Can snakes smell fear? Here are 10 amazing facts about rattlesnakes, flying snakes and ...

India's diverse snake population faces threats from myths and misconceptions despite their ecological importance. Common beliefs, such as snakes drinking milk or dancing to music, are false and ...

The discovery was made on 16 June when contract workers were clearing out a percolation pit near the car park when they found the bones, which are thought to include skull fragments. They immediately ...

Many snake species, when threatened, employ a survival tactic called thanatosis, or playing dead. Dice snakes intensify the act by contorting their bodies, emitting foul odors, and even feigning ...

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