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Snakes in the city: Ten years of wildlife rescues reveal insights into human-reptile interactions

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 130 —Dogs on Mars, Snakes on the Moon

Mystery Solved: Scientists Discover Unique Evolutionary Branch of Snakes

Scientists stepped on 175 rattlesnakes with a fake leg to see how many would bite. The study found that only 6 bit. The rest just froze or tried to wiggle away. Snakes just want to be left alone.

These Snakes Fake Their Own Deaths, And They Even Use Special Effects

When These Snakes Play Dead, Soiling Themselves Is Part of the Act

Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based 'mirror test'

Should everyone start eating snakes to save the planet?

An Evolutionary 'Big Bang' Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties

Snakes do it faster, better: How a group of scaly, legless lizards hit the evolutionary jackpot

Snakes are built to evolve at incredible speeds, and scientists aren't sure why

Fear of snakes may be driving them to extinction

Why do some lizards and snakes have horns?

Genomic analysis in snakes shows link between neutral, functional genetic diversity

Researchers Shed New Light on Enigmatic Early Evolution of Snakes

A Statue Draped With Snakes? In Italy, It Happens Every Year.

A little snake’s big gulp may put all other snakes to shame