Forget eggs! Many snakes surprise us by giving birth to live young, a clever survival tactic in harsh environments. From the ...

Snakes, like most reptiles in the world, are oviparous. This means that rather than producing live young ones, the way mammals do, snakes produce an immature single cell — an egg. Most snakes follow ...

The common image of a snake coiled around a cluster of eggs is only partly accurate. While egg-laying is widespread among snakes, it’s not the rule for every species. A significant number of snakes ...