Scientists have found a surprising explanation for snakes’ effortless slithering: A mind-bogglingly thin coat of fatty lubricant embedded on the snakes’ scales. The findings not only explain ...

A tongue that can sense a baddie from afar is one of the greatest superpowers around. 2) They have built-in goggles Snakes have clear scales over their eyes to protect them - kind of like built-in ...

This is a close mimic of the coral snake, but the real version has a singular venom. Flickr user Joe Townsend When he returned home to France after a stay in Costa Rica in 1983, Jean-Pierre Rosso ...

An unusual breed of Asian snakes can glide long distances in the air, and the Defense Department is funding research at Virginia Tech to find out why. Most animals that glide do so with fixed ...