Discover how a winter woodpile becomes a haven for garter snakes, revealing fascinating insights into their habits and nature ...

A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests are able to protect their eggs with the skin ...

Snakeskin decor is a bold interior design choice—but for some birds, it's literally a matter of life and death. This is the conclusion of researchers from New York's Cornell University, who ...

They collated data on which bird species use snake skin and their nest type and found that this behavior is only associated with passerines, or perching birds. And within the passerine order ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with ...

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 ...