Scientists have taken a big step forward in figuring out how some snakes are able to leap from tree to tree without ever touching the ground. In a study, researchers from Virginia Tech used 23 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Guam brown snake is unique. Using its body like a lasso, this snake winds around the tree once and slowly lifts any side of ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...

High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from predators that might be lurking in the forest below. But certain species of ...