Oscaecilia ochrocephala is most commonly found in Panama and Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former ...

For some, the rise of venomous elapid snakes was an almost apocalyptic catastrophe. For some, the rise and spread of venomous elapids was just another challenge to adapt to. For others, it was a ...

A small team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Kansas, the American Museum of Natural History, and the University of Helsinki, has found that a family of snakes known as Elapidae ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered 'unprecedented' snake venom resistance in an unexpected species -- the legless amphibian known as caecilians. An international team of researchers ...

A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) snake, one of the species that the team’s new antivenom seems to protect mice from. Image: Stu Porter (Shutterstock) We might be soon on the verge of having a ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered “unprecedented” snake venom resistance in an unexpected species – the legless amphibian known as caecilians. The University of Queensland’s Associate ...