Do you ever wish you could just crawl out of your own skin? Snakes are some of the few creatures on Earth that actually can. Dozens of times throughout its life, a snake slithers out of its old skin ...

Q. Why is the skin of a python a threat to the invasive snake? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment.

An Australian reptile catcher was left in awe this week after responding to a call and finding the skin of a huge carpet python—but no snake. Stuart McKenzie, the owner of Sunshine Coast Snake ...

If you have a wood pile, you may have come across a shed snake skin — a translucent wrapper resembling an onion skin, imprinted with the snake’s scale pattern. Or perhaps you’ve seen one along a ...

Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades, are being hunted and their skins used for luxury goods. Hunters like Zach Hoffman and Amy Siewe detail the process of skinning and preparing ...

Like other animals and insects, snakes shed their skin for many different reasons. This practice is beneficial to the snake as they grow older, but have you ever wondered why they have to shed in the ...

A close-up on snake skin helped scientists work out what might help certain snakes navigate sandy surfaces. By Asher Elbein When it comes to slithering, most snakes do it the same way: straight ahead.