What is the safest snake to have as a pet? Will a pet snake bite you? Here are the pros and cons of having a snake for a pet.

Even for snake lovers, spotting a dark slithering silhouette emerge from the opening in your ceiling fan can cause a second of fright. In a viral YouTube video, a homeowner faced this scenario as they ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey ...

Far more curious than its seeds are the snake gourd’s fruits. As the name implies, they are very (!) long, slender and often wriggly like a snake. The fruits can easily reach 1.5 m in length and in ...

From a camouflaging octopus to a dancing bowerbird, National Geographic's Planet Weird proves only the weird survive in the ...

Virgin birth has been documented in the world's longest snake for the first time, a recent study says.. An 11-year-old reticulated python named Thelma produced six female offspring in June 2012 at ...

The movie “The Python Hunt” follows the Florida Python Challenge: A 10-day competition to remove the most pythons from the ...

New species discovered! Read the latest research news on newly discovered frogs, cave crickets, monkeys and more.