Not all snakes lay eggs—some give birth to live young, from rattlesnakes to sea snakes, revealing surprising survival strategies and adaptations that help them thrive in harsh or unusual environments.

Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend ...

We explain why snakes have to shed their entire top layer of skin in one go as part of their growth cycle and how often they ...

Snakes are a hallmark of healthy habitats. And throughout the country, most habitats have more snakes present in early fall than at any other time of the year, even spring. The explanation is a simple ...

Scientists have described a particular movement observed mostly in young, teenaged anacondas, called an S-start. A mathematical framework shows that young anacondas, as opposed to babies and adults, ...