Significant insights into snake evolution have come to light with an intriguing discovery of an ancient snake fossil found in La Buitrera Paleontological Area in northern Patagonia. Researchers ...

In addition, the discovery of some of the earliest snake fossils, dating back to the Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous, has extended the known temporal range for snake evolution and provided a ...

A new study published in Evolution found that some rattlesnakes are producing simpler venoms containing fewer and more focused toxin families than complex venoms -- a surprising ...

Recent reanalyses have provided evidence that the ancestral snake, or Pan-Serpentes, exhibited behavioural and ecological traits that have shaped crown-group evolution [1].