The motion of snakes has long fascinated humans: they undulate, they sidewind, they crawl, they even fly. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Together with herpetologists ...

Video footage of the moment snakes launch themselves at their prey reveals that the reptiles are either "strikers" or "lungers" — and the difference between the two is rooted in their teeth, new ...

Snake fangs get a lot of attention, from their use in creating anti-venom to figuring out how they evolved. One area of research has now gone beyond just the fangs, looking at the way that all of the ...

A tunable initial coiling structure soft robot (ICSBot) has been developed by combining theoretical calculations, finite element analysis, and direct ink writing technology. By mimicking the ...

Scientists have described a particular movement observed mostly in young, teenaged anacondas, called an S-start. A mathematical framework shows that young anacondas, as opposed to babies and adults, ...