Discover interesting facts about snakes, from how they hunt and eat, to why they don't have legs.

King cobras, known for feeding on other snakes and their extraordinary survival skills, can make distinctive growling sounds.

Not all snakes are dangerous. In fact, many of Durban’s most common snakes, such as the spotted bush snake and brown house ...

Some snakes can adjust the angle of individual scales, to fine-tune their grip, making them excellent climbers. Sea snakes are able to supplement their air supply by absorbing oxygen from the ...

The West African gaboon viper has the longest fangs of any snake. In a 6ft (1.83m) long specimen they measured 2in (50mm). Snakes don’t blink as they have transparent eyelids that are fused shut.

This iconic snake, with its bulbous head and red, yellow, and black bands, is famous as much for its potent venom as for the many rhymes—"Red and yellow, kill a fellow; red and black ...

The image of airborne snakes may seem like the stuff of nightmares (or a certain Hollywood movie), but in the jungles of South and Southeast Asia it is reality. Flying snake is a misnomer ...

The actor plays the grumpy Rick Hatchett in the third season of Mike White’s satirical dark comedy and does not seem to be ...

Today is World Snake Day, and we’ve put together four fassscinating facts in celebration of our serpent friends that are sure to rattle your mind. This may come as a surprise to some – even ...