A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

Scientists in western India have uncovered fossil remains of a gargantuan prehistoric snake that may have been one of the ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was ...

Scientists originally believed a fossil found in 2015 to be the missing 'four-legged snake.' Now, a new study says that the fossil isn't a snake at all. A paper originally published in July of 2015 ...

The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile’s dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday. The ...

NEW YORK — Never mind the 40-foot snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie "Anaconda." Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world. Fossils from northeastern ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Snakes have been slithering on Earth far longer than anyone ever realized. Scientists on Tuesday described the four oldest-known snake fossils, the most ancient of which ...

On very rare occasions, an exceptional fossil is unearthed that provides an extraordinary glimpse into the evolution of a group of organisms. This time, it is the beautifully preserved skull of an ...

“From a developmental perspective, this could be one of the most important fossils ever found,” evolutionary biologist Martin Cohn of the University of Florida, Gainesville, told Nature. “The ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Four ...

A fossil once thought to be a snake with four legs, connecting lizards and early snakes, is not the missing link scientists had hoped for. "It has long been understood that snakes are members of a ...