The latest one, created by scientists at Harvard University, uses artificial scaly skins to move forward — kind of like a snake. The soft robot is just a silicone rubber tube.

The billion-dollar global trade in python skins is often illegal and inhumane - and is threatening the survival of some species, says a new report.

A teenager has been cruelly nicknamed 'snake lady' because of a rare skin condition. Floraine Nalugon, from the Philippines, suffers from lamellar ichthyosis, which affects just one in every ...

A snake catcher has found an incredible 4.3 metre long single sleeve of shed python skin from the roof of a Queensland house and later managed to catch the former owner curled up in a wall cavity.

The billion-dollar global trade in python skins is often illegal and inhumane - and is threatening the survival of some species, says a new report.