A recent study compiled over 500 incidents of cannibalism in more than 200 species of snakes, revealing that the behavior is ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

Cannibalism in snakes has usually appeared as a footnote rather than a focus. It shows up in old field notebooks, brief case reports, or unexpected moments in captivity. Taken on its own, each record ...

Eating your own kind might not sound like a winning survival strategy, but cannibalism is surprisingly common in the animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As temperatures begin to rise a wide range of wildlife species, including snakes, become active in and around our homes. But ...