Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even some of nature’s most intimidating creatures are prey to others. Discover which animals hunt snakes and how they manage to ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Belgrade, in Serbia, has found that dice snakes use a variety of techniques to fool predators into believing they have died. In their paper published in the ...

Hawk moth caterpillars scare predators by mimicking snakes, complete with fake eyes, lunging movements, and scale-like patterns.

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In the rainforests of Central and South America, a bright green snake often slips silently through the trees. Known as the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There are few phrases guaranteed to trigger disbelief ...

The recent case of Ifunanya Nwangene, the 26-year-old Abuja-based singer popularly known as Nanyah, who lost her life to a snake bite, has once again highlighted a recurring but often poorly ...

Dusk starts to settle across the landscape. The dirt trail, lit by the last licks of sunlight, winds through the trees. The sound of your shuffling footfalls fills the quiet. Suddenly, you stop.