Watching a boa constrictor capture and consume its prey is quite something. First, the snake strikes and latches onto the prey with its teeth, then it coils its body tightly around the poor creature ...

With just venom and precision, these snakes can defend themselves from afar, without ever needing to bite you. Here’s what ...

Snakes that constrict and then swallow enormous prey have evolved a way to keep themselves from suffocating while they do it. When the scaley coils closest to the snake's head are super busy squeezing ...

Snakes live just about everywhere. From black rat snakes in the garden to rattlers out West, they're simply a part of many healthy ecosystems. It's the venomous snakes and the giant, bone-crushing ...

Snakes live all over the world. Some of them crush their prey to death while others use potent venom to put an end to their foes. Gorillas live in Africa, a continent that is known for its numerous ...

Two red-tailed coral snakes have been spotted fighting over food for the first time ever. The two extremely venomous snakes have been photographed feasting on the same caecilian. This is the ...

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

The idea sounds ridiculous at first, like something pulled from a horror film or an internet myth that refuses to […] ...

Snakes are fearsome creatures that you wouldn’t consider to be prey for other predators – but there are some animals that regularly dine on snakes! Birds of prey are able to drop down on unsuspecting ...

A huge snake that had recently swallowed a cat or a possum whole was found digesting its prey under a car in Australia. The carpet python was found at a home in Burpengary, a town in the Moreton Bay ...