Iguanas are a food source for snakes, and the Galapagos racer snake often hunts them as soon as they hatch. Iguanas have a number of adaptations to avoid being eaten, such as sprinting and smart ...

Snakes have adapted to nearly every continent on Earth, thriving in a range of habitats, from steaming rainforests to arid deserts. These reptiles have evolved some of the most potent venom and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...