By far the most exhilarating sightings are of snakes. A couple of years ago, between mid-July and mid-August, I saw four ...

It's not unusual to shed skin; humans do it, too. "But unlike us, whose skin sheds off in little flakes, snakes produce a whole new layer of skin, and the old layer of skin falls off in one big ...

By far the most exhilarating sightings are of snakes. A couple of years ago, between mid-July and mid-August, I saw four rattlesnakes and one copperhead on my property. Last year in late June ...

Dozens of times throughout its life, a snake slithers out of its old skin in a process called "ecdysis," leaving behind papery sheds delicately imprinted with the unique pattern of its scales. It's ...

Imagine a world millions of years ago, teeming with creatures unlike anything we see today. Among them slithered animals that ...

Rodents and larger insects can also create holes in the ground that are perfect spaces for snake nests. These holes can be found embedded in grass, in piles of dirt or sand, or under piles of logs or ...

A snake catcher was bitten by a coastal carpet python on the face while removing it from a shed in Dundowran Beach, Queensland, on Sunday, April 13. Drew Godfrey, of Hervey Bay Snake Catchers, was ...