Researchers have observed a gruesome feeding behavior in a snake species native to southeast Asia during which the serpent cuts open the body of its toad prey and eats the organs, one-by-one, while ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Snakes ...

Some snakes eat toads by politely swallowing the creatures whole. Others saw a hole in a toad’s abdomen with their teeth, shove their heads in and gorge on organs and tissues — while the amphibian is ...

A small-banded kukri snake seen with its head thrust inside the body of an Asian common toad. This snake does this to feed on its prey's internal organs, and, perhaps, to avoid the poisonous milky ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Some frogs and toads secrete poison through their skin ...

The toxic cane toad has placed evolutionary pressure on snakes to adapt their body shape, Australian researchers say. Evolutionary biologist Ben Phillips and PhD supervisor Professor Richard Shine of ...

After Oligodon fasciolatus cut through the abdomen of Duttaphrynus melanostictus it inserted its head into the toad's abdomen to extract and eat organs. Winai Suthanthangjai Even for the animal world, ...

Fears about the impact of invasive, poisonous toads in Madagascar appear to be justified, suggests new research. The amphibians are driving a spike in deaths of a native snake species. Asian common ...