With the weather warming up, snakes have emerged from hibernation and are shedding their skin as they grow. Although it common to come across shedded skin, the actual molting is more difficult to ...

Happy Lunar New Year! 2025 is the Chinese Lunar Year of the Snake—specifically, the Wood Snake. Like any new year, this is a ...

Almost all the body parts of the snake are believed to have healing properties in various traditional medicine systems.

More information: Vanya G. Rohwer et al, The Evolution of Using Shed Snake Skin in Bird Nests, The American Naturalist (2024). DOI: 10.1086/733208 ...

Now that we have entered 2025, we cycle into a new Chinese Zodiac: The Year of the Snake, specifically the Wood Snake. In the ...