Indiana Jones' fear of snakes — a contrast to his general fearlessness otherwise — has become a modern-day Achilles' heel, and the clips of Dr Jones flinching away at the asps in the Raiders of the ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – For the first time in more than 100 years, researchers have discovered a new mode of locomotion in snakes. Researchers from Colorado State University found at least one ...

DENVER — When it’s Monday morning and a study about snakes hits your inbox, sometimes it’s best to lean in, absorb some mad snake knowledge and hope there’s enough time between watching the videos and ...

Snakes Don't Just Slither—Some Can Fly, Cartwheel, and Move Like an Accordion ...

Here’s some news Indiana Jones would probably just love to hear: It turns out some snakes know how to “lasso” their way up objects, such as utility poles. In fact, a team of scientists recently ...

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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 ...

A new study shows a species of tree snake uses an unprecedented form of locomotion in order to climb objects like trees. The brown tree snake loops its body into a lasso around wide, cylindrical ...

A team of researchers from Colorado State University and the University of Cincinnati have discovered a new mode of snake locomotion that allows the brown tree snake to ascend much larger smooth ...