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Snakes: long and narrow, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the Serpente family. Like all serpentes, snakes are covered in overlapping scales.
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NOV 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors strangle their prey to death before feasting, hence the word “constrictor” in its name, so ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2015Videos
In the future, fertility treatments may include a "Sperm Olympics" event to select the ones that are not only the fastes ...NOV 10, 2015Videos
In Greek mythology, a chimera is a fire-breathing beast made up of part lion, part goat, and part snake. Of course a tra ...AUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 01, 2015Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us ...JUL 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Did you ever wonder how the folks at NASA come up with the mission names, spacecraft names and other monikers for the wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 05, 2015Videos
Black mambas are some of the world's most venomous snakes. They have incredibly toxic venom that acts as a neurotoxin an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 30, 2015Videos
Let us just start out by saying: do not, under any circumstances, try this stunt at home. Tim Friede is a snake enthusia ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Pythons asphyxiate their prey before devouring it, a method of basically choking the animal to death before serving it f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Given five chances rolling a pair of dice, would you opt for an easy $10 for each roll (for $50 in hand), or take the ri ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Aside from giving us the phrase "to play possum," it could be argued opossums haven't really contributed all that much t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 08, 2015Plants & Animals
Ask a social butterfly where she got that great dress, and she'll say, "This old thing?" and then tell you its entire hi ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 02, 2015Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 12, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Did you know that snakes could fly? Not all of them, of course, but one in particular is known for its ability to glide ...
NOV 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors strangle their prey to death before feasting, hence the word “constrictor” in its name, so
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2015
Videos
In the future, fertility treatments may include a "Sperm Olympics" event to select the ones that are not only the fastes
...
NOV 10, 2015
Videos
In Greek mythology, a chimera is a fire-breathing beast made up of part lion, part goat, and part snake. Of course a tra
...
AUG 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 01, 2015
Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us
...
JUL 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Did you ever wonder how the folks at NASA come up with the mission names, spacecraft names and other monikers for the wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 05, 2015
Videos
Black mambas are some of the world's most venomous snakes. They have incredibly toxic venom that acts as a neurotoxin an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2015
Videos
Let us just start out by saying: do not, under any circumstances, try this stunt at home. Tim Friede is a snake enthusia
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Pythons asphyxiate their prey before devouring it, a method of basically choking the animal to death before serving it f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...
An ar ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Given five chances rolling a pair of dice, would you opt for an easy $10 for each roll (for $50 in hand), or take the ri
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Aside from giving us the phrase "to play possum," it could be argued opossums haven't really contributed all that much t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 08, 2015
Plants & Animals
Ask a social butterfly where she got that great dress, and she'll say, "This old thing?" and then tell you its entire hi
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 12, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Did you know that snakes could fly? Not all of them, of course, but one in particular is known for its ability to glide
...