Researchers have observed a gruesome feeding behavior in a snake species native to southeast Asia during which the serpent cuts open the body of its toad prey and eats the organs, one-by-one, while ...

After Oligodon fasciolatus cut through the abdomen of Duttaphrynus melanostictus it inserted its head into the toad's abdomen to extract and eat organs. Winai Suthanthangjai Even for the animal world, ...

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The toxic cane toad has placed evolutionary pressure on snakes to adapt their body shape, Australian researchers say. Evolutionary biologist Ben Phillips and PhD supervisor Professor Richard Shine of ...

New Curtin University research has found invasive cane toads are on track to reach Western Australia's Pilbara region within ...

While the majority of snakes would normally swallow their prey whole, the Small-banded Kukri Snake seems to have evolved a particularly macabre feeding habit that has never before been witnessed in a ...

Cane toads are on track to continue their seemingly unchecked march across Australia, with new research finding they could be ...

Larger garter snakes (they can grow about 3 feet long) also eat meadow voles, which will otherwise wreak havoc on roots, tubers and bark. My favorite snakes are among the most docile encountered in a ...