One of the main characteristics that may have helped snakes become so plentiful is their articulated skull. Some people refer to snake skulls as unhinged, Pyron says, but that isn't exactly accurate.

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By meticulously comparing skull bone and soft tissue shapes, the findings illuminate a gradual emergence of distinctions ...

He had found part of a human-like skull in Pleistocene gravel beds near Piltdown village in Sussex, England. Dawson wrote to Arthur Smith Woodward, Keeper of Geology at the Natural History Museum at ...

If true, the snake would have had to have eaten at least 36,000 bank notes A Nigerian sales clerk has been suspended after she told auditors that a snake had eaten 36m naira. That's the equivalent ...

The Met Museum returned an ancient cup, assembled from fragments, to Italy in 2022 after investigators found it had been looted. Now a second has been returned after a similar determination. By ...

When water isn’t draining as quickly as it should—or, worse, isn’t draining at all—DIY-savvy folks reach for a drain snake. Also called a plumbing snake or drain auger, this handy tool is ...

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An estimated 1.2 million people have died from snake bites in India in the past 20 years, a new study has found. Nearly half of the victims were between 30 and 69 years old, and a quarter of them ...

Over time their venoms have evolved to do specific jobs in the animals they envenomate. Discover what snake venom does, why some snake species have incredibly potent venom, and why speed is so ...

There's not much, if any gameplay in the new trailer. Instead, it focuses on the first mission of the game as Naked Snake--the future Big Boss--goes behind the Iron Curtain to retrieve a Russian ...