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 ...

Thai woman Arom Arunroj, 64, remained in a python's tight coiled grip for an hour and a half until authorities came to the scene and rescued her 30 minutes after arrival In the evening of Tuesday, ...

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 ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Participants can earn prize money, with $10,000 going to whoever catches the most pythons. Burmese pythons can ...