That Viral Video of a Hawk Throwing a Snake Is Totally Fake
Have you seen this video of a hawk crashing a picnic in Australia? The bird picks up a snake and tosses it at some…
These Videos Of Small Creatures Digging Through Glass Beads Are Hypnotic
Researchers at the MIT Department of engineering wanted to study the best ways to burrow through granular material. And…
This snake, half-viper half-spider, will haunt my dreams tonight
Meet the Spider-Tailed Horned Viper, a species that lives in western Iran and uses his tail in the shape of a spider as…
You Can Actually Play a Game Of Snake On This Hacked Backlit Keyboard
If Solitaire and Minesweeper have been stripped from all the computers at work but you're still after a discreet way to…
Holy Serpent Gods, This Is An Egyptian Coffin Made For A Snake
Ancient Egyptians didn't prepare only human bodies for the afterlife; cats, baboons, crocodiles, canines, and birds…
This 3D illusion animation of the old game Snake is pretty damn cool
Chris Carlson does great 3D illusion paintings. This stop motion, forced perspective, chalk painting version of the…
Using Camera Traps To Teach Nicaraguan Kids About Big Cat Conservation
Camera traps are just the coolest. In Nicaragua, scientist Miguel Ordeñana uses them to study carnivores, like jaguars…
Dramatic images of a snake battling a crocodile—then swallowing it
In case you needed a reminder that Australian animals are terrifying, witness the epic battle between a crocodile and…
This huge Brazilian snake just swallowed an entire pitbull
A snake living near the Cuiabá region of Brazil was recently found with an unusually large distended belly. The locals…
Watch a baby King Cobra devour another snake
The king cobra's favorite food is other snakes, and this week-old snake makes its first meal of a water snake that…
FYI: Snakes can open doors
Think that a snake can't follow you into the next room because you've shut the door? Think again. Julius, an albino…
This Is What It's Like to Really Live on the Edge
The ordered lines of Jerome, Idaho (population: 10,000) start to disintegrate as you approach those parts of town that…
Video Shows 9.8-Foot Python Riding on an Airliner's Wing
This 9.8-foot (3 meters) python flew from Cairns, Australia, to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, attached to the wing…
Here's the Best Way to Play Old School Snake on Your Fancy Smartphone
If you had a Nokia cell phone long, long ago—and if you were alive then, you probably did—the best time murdering/happy…
How scientists discovered the "fear center" of the brain
Fear is one of the most universally understood human emotions. Every one of us is familiar with the feelings,…
The ancient war between 20-foot crocodiles and 50-foot snakes
Sixty million years ago, the world belonged to Titanoboa, a gigantic snake that measured 40 to 50 feet long and weighed…
Snakes evolved venom as part of their eternal war with opossums
Venomous vipers like rattlesnakes evolved their deadly toxins incredibly quickly. Scientists had long assumed it was so…
What's Rarer for Snakes? Being an Albino or Having Two Heads?
This California King Snake amazingly has two rare disorders: it's albino and has two heads. That combination only…
The Evolution of Mobile, At Its Most Beautiful
Mobile phones have come a long way. And though you probably haven't been following it quite as closely, so has 3D…
X-rays reveal the disappearing legs of ancient snakes
Snakes are a weird evolutionary mystery, and biologists still aren't sure exactly where they came from. Are they the…