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

the world is home to some truly bizarre snake species. The dragon snake's keeled scales and the hairy bush viper's spiky appearance add to the oddities. Rattlesnakes use their iconic rattle for ...

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.

“This is really unusual for reptiles,” said Professor ... when they venture out of their cozy nest. Oh, and other snake species have cottoned on to what the garter snakes get up to when ...

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.