Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snakes don't just slither. They strike, glide, and even fly. You know that scene in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where ...

By the time a human brain registers danger, a viper’s strike is already over. Here’s how these snakes can move faster than ...

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 ...

PUXICO, Mo. — Most people don't like snakes, regardless of their role in nature. For eons, tales have been spun that have given people a general disdain for and a bad impression of snakes. Fear ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There are few phrases guaranteed to trigger disbelief ...

Researchers from IIT-Bombay and Harvard University have discovered a previously unreported S-shaped escape movement in young yellow anacondas. This rapid, non-planar motion, termed the "S-start," is ...

I’m not sure there’s a person in the world who could scroll past a short video of a man calmly letting a 20-foot python ...

Sea snakes are among the most venomous reptiles on the planet, having evolved powerful toxins to immobilize prey in the ...