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

The death adder with a rare mutation was spotted during a venom milking programme at the Australian Reptile Park. “The ...

In Himachal Pradesh, a 10-foot king cobra was spotted and rescued for the first time in Sirmaur district. The giant snake was ...

A death adder at an Australian wildlife park found to have three extremely rare fangs that all produce deadly neurotoxic ...

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 ...

4. However, the degree of separation can vary; some two-headed snakes may have independent heads while some may have a dominant head, controlling most of the bodily functions.

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 ...

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

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 ...

How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats ...