In Brazil, an 80-million-year-old fossil may reveal how snakes first traded walking for slithering

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, August 6, 2026). In Brazil, an 80-million-year-old fossil may reveal how snakes first traded walking for slithering: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-06/in-brazil-an-80-million-year-old-fossil-may-reveal-how-snakes-first-traded

@online{newsylist_25688,
  author = {Newsylist Editorial Desk},
  title = {{In Brazil, an 80-million-year-old fossil may reveal how snakes first traded walking for slithering}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-06/in-brazil-an-80-million-year-old-fossil-may-reveal-how-snakes-first-traded},
  note = {Tracked across 6 independent newsrooms}
}

> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([In Brazil, an 80-million-year-old fossil may reveal how snakes first traded walking for slithering](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-06/in-brazil-an-80-million-year-old-fossil-may-reveal-how-snakes-first-traded)), this event was corroborated across 6 independent sources with a live velocity of 4.