Without legs, snakes must get creative to slither up trees, and new research suggests they use the scales covering their bodies to make such climbs. Their scales and body muscles work together to push ...

For the first time ever, scientists have created genetically modified snakes. The CRISPR-edited reptiles are providing new insight into how corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus) develop their precisely ...

Whether a serpent tempted Eve to eat apples from the Tree of Knowledge is up for debate, but now we understand better how it could have climbed the tree in the first place. It seems snakes can control ...