Paleorex is back on Bored Panda with his detailed, science-based creatures, showing us how animals like big cats, birds, and ...

Fossil reveals that a giant python over 4 meters long once lived in Taiwan. The discovery rewrites the island's natural history.

In biology and paleontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal's skeleton ...

A new study suggests people may learn to dislike snakes from their parents and cultural attitudes rather than being born with an instinctive fear.

A new study suggests people may learn to dislike snakes from their parents and cultural attitudes rather than being born with ...

Snakes have lost the gene that encodes ghrelin, a hormone that helps regulate hunger in many vertebrates, according to a new study.

Ruby Reynolds unearthed the largest-known marine reptile fossil on England’s coast, unveiling the 82-foot Ichthyotitan ...

Long before mammals dominated the land and even before the most famous dinosaurs appeared, Earth was home to a wide variety ...

Reptiles shed their skin, but not all of them do so equally. Discover the differences between snakes and amphibians when it ...