High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

Snakes are adapting to habitat and climate change from urbanization and increasing temperature spikes in the spring and summer. Both changes are leading to higher odds of snake bites for Georgians. Of ...

From navigation to social behavior to personality, scientists are rewriting what it means to be a clever snake. Here’s what ...

A newly discovered snake species, Hibernophis breithaupti, provides rare insight into the social behaviour of snakes and fills some gaps in our knowledge of the evolution of boas, or boidae. The ...

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 pet snake's video showing it playing dead has gone viral on social media. While many find the behavior amusing, experts suggest it may be a stress response known as thanatosis. The snake might be ...

The vast majority of snakes swallow their prey whole. However, the cat-eyed water snake (Gerarda prevostiana) from the mangroves of southeast Asia likes to do things differently, according to a new ...