The Washington Post

How Does a Snake Eat Things Bigger Than Its Head? If you had a head like a snake's, you could swallow a watermelon whole, no problem! All you need is a flexible skull, backward ...

Let's start with that skull: The bones are connected by elastic ligaments, which have a lot of stretch. And teeth? A snake's teeth are angled toward the throat and act as hooks to prevent live prey ...
AZ Animals on MSN

How Do Snakes Poop? Snake Digestion, Explained

Take a look at this snake taking a poop and then read on to learn about the fascinating world of snake digestion.
People

Colorado Rattlesnake 'Mega Den' Bursting with Even More Snakes Following Weeks of Births

Project RattleCam started monitoring the Colorado den, home to hundreds of snakes, in May Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...
NPR

Lessons from rattlesnake class in the American Southwest

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In a Phoenix-area venomous snake training course, the first thing students learn is that basically everything they thought they knew about rattlesnakes is a myth. For starters, ...