Do you ever wish you could just crawl out of your own skin? Snakes are some of the few creatures on Earth that actually can. Dozens of times throughout its life, a snake slithers out of its old skin ...

Like other animals and insects, snakes shed their skin for many different reasons. This practice is beneficial to the snake as they grow older, but have you ever wondered why they have to shed in the ...

Snakes shed their skin several times per year. Shedding is a good indicator that snakes are getting enough nutrition, that their environments have proper humidity levels, and that they are overall ...

Ancient England snake fossil Paradoxophidion helps explain how modern snakes evolved during warm humid Eocene period.

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Q: My husband was excited when he witnessed a robin building a nest by recycling a shed skin from a snake that lives at the foundation of our house in Clarksville, Tennessee. We're not sure exactly ...

There is a common misconception that snakes can blink. However, given that snakes do not possess eyelids, this is impossible to do. Instead, snakes have a very unique covering to their eyes that helps ...

Get the scoop from an animal keeper who works with snakes Robin Saunders Do snakes have ears? How well can they see? How do scales help them slither? Get the scoop on your friend, the snake, from ...