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A crocodile which has had its head torn off is displays gruesome injuries lies dead on a sandy beach.

Gigantic, 13-foot crocodile found with its head torn off on Australian beach

By Sascha Pare published

The beheading, which may have been motivated by a recent spate of crocodile attacks on humans, could spell trouble for the local ecosystem.

DiCaprio's snail-eating snake (Sibon irmelindicaprioae). This snake has an alternating striped cream and dark brown underbelly and alternating stripes of tan and dark brown on top. It also has a set of large orange eyes.

'Leonardo DiCaprio' snake with bright orange eyes discovered in Panama jungle

By Joshua A. Krisch published

Five species of previously unknown snakes with stunning eyes were discovered in jungle trees, and one was named after Leonardo DiCaprio. But mining threatens them all.

A photo of a cottonmouth (water moccasin) looking up from the grass.

Cottonmouth snakes: Facts about water moccasins

By Jessie Szalay, Patrick Pester last updated

Discover where cottonmouth snakes live, how to identify them, and whether they are venomous and aggressive.

A man measures the mouth of a snake.

7 strange snake stories from 2022

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

It's no surprise that snakes have always been creepy.

Rough-scaled bush viper preparing to strike. It is coiled around some green foliage.

Scientists finally discovered the snake clitoris, and they're 'very excited'

By Joanna Thompson published

For the first time, clitorises have been documented in nine different species of snakes from four families.

An artist’s drawing of a Triassic lizard.

Ancient lizard with teeth like butcher knives 're-calibrates the whole shebang' of reptile evolution

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Despite being palm-size, this Triassic lizard had a vicious bite.

The alligator corpse shortly after being pulled out from the python's stomach.

Gruesome video reveals the moment a 5-foot alligator corpse was cut from the gut of a dead python

By Harry Baker published

In a viral Instagram video, pathologists remove a dead 5-foot alligator from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.

A venomous cobra was recently killed in India after it was bitten twice by a panicked 8-year-old boy.

Cobra bites boy, boy bites it back (the boy was fine, the snake wasn’t)

By Harry Baker published

An 8-year-old boy recently killed a venomous cobra in India after recieving a venom-free "dry bite" from the snake and then biting back in retaliation.

A close-up of a saw-scaled viper, one of the world's deadliest snakes.

10 of the deadliest snakes

By Ailsa Harvey, Jeanna Bryner last updated

An encounter with one of these venomous snakes could cost you your life.

A reticulated python (Python reticulatus), like the one pictured here, is likely the python species that killed and swallowed a woman in Indonesia.

Missing woman’s body discovered in the stomach of 22-foot-long python in Indonesia

By Joanna Thompson last updated

A 54-year-old woman in Indonesia was killed and eaten by a massive python

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