From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as the creatures themselves. In Slither, Stephen S. Hall challenges our serpent stereotypes.

New dinosaur fossil tracks on the Isle of Skye reveal that the once-balmy environment was home to both fierce theropods and massive sauropods.

Before frogs were cute, Beelzebufo ampinga lurked in Madagascar’s shadows with a skull built for bone-crunching — and possibly dinosaur-snacking.