Red snakes are perhaps the most visually stunning of these intriguing reptiles, drawing attention with vibrant shades of ...

When most people think of snakes, they imagine dull colors, brown, green, maybe a little black. But not all snakes blend in with their surroundings. Some of them are bright, bold, and surprisingly ...

High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

Snakes perceive the world differently from humans, possessing dichromatic vision with two primary colors due to unique visual pigments. Their eye structures and UV sensitivity are finely tuned to ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...

It’s a hissstoric evolutionary adaptation. A species of snakes has developed a never-before-seen climbing technique — looping themselves into lassos to slither up trees and poles, according to new ...

An Australian man has shared a photo of a "super-rare" blue snake that he captured. Luke Huntley, who runs a snake-catching business in the Noosa coastal area of Queensland, encountered the colorful ...

A new study shows a species of tree snake uses an unprecedented form of locomotion in order to climb objects like trees. The brown tree snake loops its body into a lasso around wide, cylindrical ...

Snakes do a lot more than slither. Some swim, while others sidewind across sand (SN: 10/9/14). Some snakes even fly (SN: 6/29/20). But no one has ever seen a snake move the way that brown tree snakes ...

Rat snakes and rough green snakes can climb trees, fences and walls, often to find food. Venomous copperheads rarely climb due to their heavy, thick bodies. Snakes climb more easily on textured ...