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(CNN) — In the arid, inhospitable climate of western Iran’s Zagros Mountains, life has found a remarkable way to survive. Circling above, a bird glimpses what at first glance looks like a plump spider ...

The spider-tailed horned viper lures prey by wiggling an arachnid-shaped growth on its tail. Scientists finally looked inside the appendage.

A number of creatures on Earth possess a sting in their tails – but there's only one animal known to science with a spider for a tail.

Elongated scales form leg-like structures at the tip of the spider-tailed horned viper's tail, creating a decoy arachnid that the predator can use to attract birds. Omid Mozaffari The spider-tailed ...

Scientists have finally taken a look inside one of the most unusual snakes ever discovered—and what they saw was stranger than expected. Researchers at the Field Museum in Chicago and others scanned ...

It uses a tail that looks like a spider to lure birds trying to eat the decoy spider. When the time is right, the snake jumps into action and eats the bird. The spider-tailed horned viper is a ...