Snakes
How a Small Snake Can Eat Meals Many Times Larger Than Its Head
The egg-eating African reptile uses its stretchy jaw skin to swallow huge prey, a feat that not even a python can match
Doctors Pulled a Wriggling, Three-Inch Worm From a Woman's Brain
The incident in Australia is the first known occurrence of the roundworm—typically found in snakes—infecting the brain of a mammal
A Rare Two-Headed Snake Is Back on Exhibit at a Texas Zoo
Pancho and Lefty, as the western rat snake is known, has now healed from an injury it suffered more than two years ago
Having a Companion Could Help Rattlesnakes Stay Calm
During a stressful event, snakes experienced a smaller spike in heart rate when they were in the presence of another snake, according to a new study
Why Did Scientists Wait So Long to Study the Snake Clitoris?
The delay is representative of a major problem in biology: Female and intersex animals are understudied compared with their male counterparts
Scientists Discover That Snakes Have Clitorises
The finding highlights disparities in research on male and female animals
Here’s How Burmese Pythons Eat Such Big Prey
Stretchy connective tissue between the snakes' cranium and lower jaw allows them to open their mouth four times wider than their skull
Seven of the Wildest and Weirdest Attempts to Curb Animal Pests
Why use fences or traps, when you can use deadly viruses or lustful snakes?
Florida Teen Wins $10,000 for Hunting Invasive Pythons
The annual Florida Python Challenge combats the destructive snakes, which have taken over the Everglades
Florida Biologists Capture Record-Breaking 215-Pound Python
Invasive Burmese pythons are wreaking havoc on native wildlife and ecosystems in the Everglades
Made From Snake Venom, These Hydrogels Could Treat Uncontrolled Bleeding
Scientists have found that two proteins repurposed from snake venom can initiate blood clotting in under 60 seconds
River Dolphins Spotted in Rare Playful Interaction With a Beni Anaconda
Researchers suspect that the dolphins were playing with the boa, but many questions about the behavior remain
How Boa Constrictors Breathe While Squeezing the Life Out of Their Prey
Researchers outfitted the snakes with electrodes and scanned them using X-rays to see how the flexing predators managed to take in air
Five Amazing Adaptations That Help Animals Thrive in the Dark
From snakes that use infrared radiation to find prey to deep sea fishes that communicate via bioluminescence, these creatures flourish without light
A New Himalayan Snake Species Was Discovered in an Instagram Post
When Virendar Bhardwaj uploaded a photo of a snake at his home in Chamba, India, scientists realized it has yet to be described by science
For the First Time in 133 Years, a New Species of Boa Was Discovered in the Dominican Republic
The small snake may be one of the smallest boas in the world
Rattlesnakes Fool Humans Into Thinking They're Nearby With This Sound-Warping Trick
A new study reveals the snakes change the speed of their rattles to appear closer than they are
Venomous Sea Snakes That Charge Divers May Just Be Looking for Love
A new study suggests apparent attacks are actually fleeting cases of mistaken identity
In a Spider vs. Snake Battle, These 40 Arachnids Would Defeat and Devour Their Serpentine Foes
At least 40 arachnid species kill and eat certain slithering predators, which can be up to 30 times the eight-legged critters' size
Reptile Traffickers Often Target Newly Described Species
Traders trawl recently published scientific papers to get the names and locations of animals to sell to collectors
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