With over 4,000 distinct species of snakes on the planet, it makes sense that some species have adapted to their limited mobility when compared to their nimble prey, such as rats and rabbits. These ...

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 ...

Although locals had long spoken about a snake with a “spider tail,” scientists only formally described the species in 2006 ...

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 ...

Summer is snake season, and keeping them out of your home and yard may seem fairly simple, but not for the snakes in Georgia. We have over 46 species of snakes in the state and most of them can climb.