This ancient, leg-bearing snake is rewriting the story of how serpents slithered, and sometimes walked, their way through evolutionary history.

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...

Fossils reveal snakes once possessed functional legs, challenging the notion of a linear evolutionary path. The discovery of ...

Snakes are efficient predators, but they are far from invincible. Across different ecosystems, a small group of animals has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ancient oceans of the Eocene epoch teemed with ...

Snakes are one of nature's most interesting survivors. Where most people imagine them basking in warm sun or hiding amongst ...

Yellow tail indigo snakes stand out even among other large cribos. This video compares their size, strength, and behavior ...

High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from ...

I find snakes to be among the most fascinating nonhuman animals (animals) with whom I have fairly regular contact and I try as hard as I can not to let fear intrude into my attitudes about these ...