If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

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

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...

Snakes aren't the only invaders threatening ecosystems. In many neighborhoods, invasive plants can be an equal menace.

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

Flying snakes are among the few vertebrates that move through the air without wings, membranes, or powered flight. Species ...