An animal rehab facility in Maryland is currently nursing a rat snake back to life, after removing a shift knob from its belly. Somehow, the snake had been living with the knob in its gut for long ...

The internet allows to witness remarkable moments from nature that we might never otherwise see, and the viral video of a snake swallowing an egg is a perfect example of this. It combines biological ...

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A herpetologist in France has captured a remarkable photo of a snake choking as it attempted to eat a fish the size of its own head. While many snake species eat fish — and many can open their jaws ...

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

Let's start with that skull: The bones are connected by elastic ligaments, which have a lot of stretch. And teeth? A snake's teeth are angled toward the throat and act as hooks to prevent live prey ...