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A brand new species of ancient snake has been discovered in western ... said in a statement. These fossils being found clustered in a group in a hibernaculum implies that this ancient species ...

The fossil of a baby snake has been discovered entombed inside amber. The creature has been frozen in time for 99 million years. The snake lived in what is now Myanmar, during the age of the ...

New groups appeared, including giant sea snakes up to 10 metres long. Getty Images The researchers used fossils and analysed genetic differences between snakes to reconstruct snake evolution The ...

Scientists discovered a new species of prehistoric snapping turtle after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in a ...

If you aren't a fan of snakes, then this story might not be for you - as it is about a sssseriously long one. The fossils from a snake which scientists say is one of the largest that ever lived ...

During the next four years few new pieces of information surfaced and the discussion went cold ... “To this extent, it bears resemblance to the Aniloideas and the snake fossil Dinilysia, two groups ...

New finds include a snake from the Indian Himalayas named after ... initially unearthed on the Isle of Wight in 2013 by local fossil hunter Nick Chase. As they unveiled the list for 2024, NHM ...