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 ...

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 ...

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.

Snakes shed their skin several times per year. Shedding is a good indicator that snakes are getting enough nutrition, that their environments have proper humidity levels, and that they are overall ...

Ever admired a snazzy pair of python boots? Snapped open an elegant python-skin clutch? Dreamed of cinching your jeans with a sleek python belt? Zach Hoffman is one of them. A transplant from Boston, ...

Well actually, it’s no joke. The two, rather friendly – though appearances can be deceiving – tiger snakes have a mystery illness that is baffling Sandy Bay vet James Harris. Both are suffering from ...