Reptiles

Female Burmese python measuring 14.8’ (4.5m) and weighing 115.2 lbs (52.3 kg) consuming a white-tailed deer weighing 76.9 lbs (34.9 kg) in southwestern Florida.

This little lizard can fire blood up to 5 feet from its face, has spiky horns and inflates itself to choke predators.

Scuba-diving lizards use bubbles to stay submerged in water for long periods of time.

Wildlife officials in Georgia stumbled across a pair of snakes that had been "expelled" by a larger serpent, only to discover that one of the regurgitated victims was still alive.

Thorny devils have a plethora of defenses against predators, including a fake head and a weird jerky walk.

When two top predatory animals come into contact, anything can happen. One eating the other whole, though, is certainly unexpected.

Crocodile attacks in Australia have risen since conservation measures helped their numbers skyrocket. Now, scientists are harnessing their environmental DNA to find these predators before they strike.

Ancient origins of cobras traced back to Asia, before jumping continents to spread across the world up to 37.5 million years ago.

In this extract from "Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans," Bill Schutt looks at the creatures with the strongest bite forces in the world.

A coastal taipan named Cyclone recently delivered three times the average amount of venom for its species in one go, setting a new record.