Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island.

Scientists found a 4-foot-long predator “enveloping” prey on an island of Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New ...

Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators, bred in Lake County. The conservation program has now ...

Scientists found a 1-foot-long predator with yellow eyes in China and discovered a “cryptic” new species, a study said and photo shows. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Under the cover of darkness, a ...

Fossil reveals that a giant python over 4 meters long once lived in Taiwan. The discovery rewrites the island's natural history.

On the outskirts of a town in northeastern Brazil, a semi-aquatic predator moved along the road near a house. The chance encounter turned out to be a first-of-its-kind sighting — and confirmation of ...

Rattlesnakes are arguably one of the most familiar species of snakes in America. These snakes have a very distinctive rattle, a triangular head, and potent venom. These reptiles are part of the viper ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...