Besides the pattern, bowtie snakes also have an uncommon scale texture that feels almost velvety. This texture is rare among ...

From a camouflaging octopus to a dancing bowerbird, National Geographic's Planet Weird proves only the weird survive in the ...

Many snake species, when threatened, employ a survival tactic called thanatosis, or playing dead. Dice snakes intensify the ...

T he animal world is full of contradictions, from tiny mouse-deer that are neither mice nor deer, to vampire squid that ...

and behavior – but as snakes become more prevalent as pets, invasive species, or even as a source of food, we will hopefully learn more about their weird and wonderful world.

has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind snake, it's the only known snake species with three sets of chromosomes instead of two—and it can reproduce without a mate.

May 15 (UPI) --Rattlesnake wranglers in Arizona shared a photo of a "weird" snake they came across in ... out hybridization possibilities with most species ... not that there's anything ...