Hannah Osborne is Nesweek's Science Editor, based in London, UK. Hannah joined Newsweek in 2017 from IBTimes UK. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths University and King's College London. Languages; ...

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 ...

Jun. 22—The realities of animal survival in nature can be harsh. Today's outdoors photo offering is proof of that dynamic. It's not one of those Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom moments, where the ...

Their normal diet ranges from tadpoles to mice and occasionally small birds. But when this grass snake took on a large toad it had clearly bitten off more than it could chew. When she spied the attack ...

This toad hopped away dazed but unharmed after being swallowed whole by a snake - then spat it back out. The common toad secreted a foul-tasting liquid from warts on its back as it slid down the grass ...

A woman found a snake in a shoe trying to devour a live toad while inside a shoe, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The incident was caught on video on July 11. The stomach-churning video shows the ...

This is the gory moment a snake regurgitated its latest meal - a toad that is still alive!. Richard Hancock and his family, from Bideford, North Devon, spotted their dog Jiggy playing with something ...

Cat got your tongue? Oh wait, your tongue is a snake. In a clear case of he’s just doing what we’re all thinking, a cat, who could not be more confused by the situation, approaches a snake, seemingly ...

The Congolese Giant Toad shares its rainforest habitat with one of the most fearsome snakes in Africa. But mimicry might be the key to its survival, even without the fangs. In a feat of ingenious ...

In nature, many animals mimic others, for a variety of purposes. Now scientists have uncovered the latest example of this peculiar ability—finding that the Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance ...