While the majority of snakes inhabit abandoned burrows, there are certain species that have developed to dig and construct their own underground dwellings. These fossorial or burrowing snakes are ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. HARYANA, India – The red sand boa is a non-venomous snake that thrives in dry scrublands and grasslands that offer loose sand the snake can burrow ...

Snakes don’t always get credit in the brains department. With no limbs and a blank stare, they’ve been cast as simple predators, slithering on instinct, but some snakes are surprisingly clever. While ...

Around 40 million years ago, the ancestors of cobras and kraits — a snake super family called Elapoidea — originated in Asia before its descendants crossed to Africa via the Tethys Sea, a new study ...