The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons and scientists say they ...

Long before whales ruled the oceans, ancient bone-eating worms were already thriving on the seafloor, feasting on the ...

Tiger pythons are among the most impressive predators in the animal kingdom: They can grow up to 20 feet long, are powerful, and can swallow entire animals whole–including fur, feathers, and even ...

Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

The particles in the cells' crypts, the researchers determined, are excess to the snake's requirements once it has extracted all it needs from the completely dissolved bones. The purpose of the ...

Paleontologists in southwestern China have unearthed fossils of *Dinocephalosaurus orientalis*, a 240-million-year-old marine ...

At Mission Science Workshop, San Francisco kids take apart whale skeletons, and use power tools and play with snakes — for ...

Kekulé, born in Darmstadt and trained first as an architect, had already shaken chemistry by insisting carbon forms four ...

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, became a symbol of Indian pride. He addressed the World’s Parliament of Religions ...

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 ...