A 9-foot snake slithers around Phoenix. Meet Arizona's longest snake

A snake that looks similar to and sounds like a rattlesnake but isn't a rattlesnake? Meet the gopher snake, the biggest snake ...

Studying snakes' ability to stand upright could inform soft robotics and more

Snakes may be best known for slithering. But consider that these animals also perform one of the most extreme feats of posture control found in nature: They can stand nearly straight upright on a ...

Polymers that crawl like worms: How materials can develop direction without being told where to go

Researchers at the University of Vienna have uncovered a surprising phenomenon: polymer chains with segments that simply ...
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Snakes and scorpions emerge early after heat streak

State of play: Snakes and scorpions enter a hibernation-like state during cold temperatures, but with winter-weather seasons getting shorter, so are their slumbers. The Arizona Game and Fish ...
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A snake the weight of a grizzly bear and a giant centipede that hangs from cave ceilings – meet 11 of the Amazon's deadliest animals

From a giant venomous centipede to a tiny but horrendous worm - here are some of the Amazon's most deadly animals ...