Watch a Boelen’s python slide out of its skin with ease. See why shedding is key to a snake’s health—and why you shouldn’t ...

The snake then breaks through the old skin and works its way out of it, revealing the new, polished skin. Some snakes have smooth scales. Others, such as this Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, have ...

Snake-haters, look away -- and, whatever you do, don't look up. Scientists have discovered that brown tree snakes can use a lasso-like movement to climb large, smooth cylindrical objects -- a way ...