Researchers found cannibalism diets appeared among at least 207 snake species in 15 snake family groups ...

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...

The discovery of a quartet of fossilized snakes, a never-before-seen species from the boa family that lived 38 million years ago, has provided paleontologists with a rare insight into reptilian social ...

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary ...

By the time a human brain registers danger, a viper’s strike is already over. Here’s how these snakes can move faster than ...

Just like chickens and other birds, snakes also come into this world hatching from eggs. Inside snakes’ leathery eggs are tiny baby snakes that are ready to emerge and grow. Snake eggs provide a ...

REPT copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Australia's venomous snakes are widely viewed as the world's most deadly and are regarded with cautious curiosity, fascination, and, ...

Love them or hate them, snakes are biologically fascinating. This image shows the skeleton of a corn snake. Its flexible spine and jaws allow it to eat animals like mice and rats that you would never ...