It took more than a century, but scientists finally found it – the female snake's clitoris. A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Journal on Wednesday revealed that after years ...

Scientists have been studying snake penises for years. These forked, often spiny structures shaped the understanding of snake reproduction. In fact, researchers long assumed that female snakes didn’t ...

Ophidiophobia (the phobia of snakes) is one of the more common phobias psychologists treat today. Some researchers posit that this is an evolutionary response and that humans are wary of snakes ...

While the majority of snakes would normally swallow their prey whole, the Small-banded Kukri Snake seems to have evolved a particularly macabre feeding habit that has never before been witnessed in a ...

As the garter snakes writhe around each other in a mating ball, the males rub their chins along the backs of the females, which excrete pheromones in their skin lipids. The males flick their tongues, ...

Researchers have observed a gruesome feeding behavior in a snake species native to southeast Asia during which the serpent cuts open the body of its toad prey and eats the organs, one-by-one, while ...

For knife-toothed kukri snakes, the tastiest parts of a frog are its organs, preferably sliced out of the body cavity and eaten while the frog is still alive. After observing this grisly habit for the ...

NEW YORK — It took more than a century, but scientists finally found it – the female snake's clitoris. A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Journal on Wednesday revealed that ...