A new species of fossil snake unearthed in Wyoming is rewriting our understanding of snake evolution. The discovery, based on four remarkably well-preserved specimens found curled together in a burrow ...

Skull scans reveal burrowing adaptations in Tametara mirim, a Cretaceous snake whose anatomy differs sharply from another ...

An exceptionally preserved snake fossil from Brazil reveals that early snakes were far more diverse than scientists once thought. Detailed brain reconstructions show that Tametara mirim was adapted ...

Try picturing a snake with legs and your brain probably files it under "nightmare fuel" or bad CGI. But dig into the fossil record and you'll find the opposite is true: legs came first. The slither ...