Some of the world’s most remarkable creatures can be found in the Australian bush, and spotting just one of them during a walk is exciting. So new images showing an unusual interaction between ...

Tamielle Brunt, a platypus expert with Queensland’s PlatypusWatch project, has called the images “incredible.” Although snakes are considered a potential predator for the egg-laying mammal ...

It even carries genes for venom similar to those found in snakes ... protection from predators. While habitat loss and pollution have threatened its numbers, the platypus continues to hold ...

"We think that an evolutionary history of harmful interactions between small-bodied predators of birds that are often eaten by snakes should make these predators afraid of snake skin inside of a ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with ...