Like other animals and insects, snakes shed their skin for many different reasons. This practice is beneficial to the snake as they grow older, but have you ever wondered why they have to shed in the ...

Snakes shed their skin several times per year. Shedding is a good indicator that snakes are getting enough nutrition, that their environments have proper humidity levels, and that they are overall ...

Snakes shed their skin multiple times per year. This is done for the growth and health of the snake. It is a time when snakes are most vulnerable and tend to hide away from the world while their old ...

There is a common misconception that snakes can blink. However, given that snakes do not possess eyelids, this is impossible to do. Instead, snakes have a very unique covering to their eyes that helps ...

DEAR JOAN: I am not a fan of snakes and I have found two snakeskins in my yard in the past six weeks. I live about a half mile from Mount Diablo open space. The first skin was 20 to 24 inches long.

Snakes have been demonized and feared almost since humans first encountered them. A plethora of legend and lore has grown up around the reptiles, much of it of a rather frightening variety. While ...

Q: My husband was excited when he witnessed a robin building a nest by recycling a shed skin from a snake that lives at the foundation of our house in Clarksville, Tennessee. We're not sure exactly ...

A large South Carolina snake has become a hit on the internet for shamelessly stripping off its skin as cameras rolled at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort south of Charleston. The resulting display was ...