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 ...

Scientists from the University of Florida discovered that the genetic process for leg development has "simply switched off" in these reptiles, NPR reports. The DNA to develop limbs, called the "Sonic ...

If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...

It is easy to think of snakes as creatures that were always legless, gliding effortlessly through grass or sand. Yet millions of years ago, their ancestors had four fully formed limbs. The journey ...

Waking up with a snake in your bed is a rare problem, but not impossible, especially if you live in Australia. That’s precisely what happened in this recent news story: a woman awoke from a peaceful ...