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Snakes Use Scales to Slither

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 - 17:58:27 - Ehud Rattner

Snakes rely on the frictional properties of their scales to slither, a new study suggests. The work could explain how snakes move across bare terrain...

Largest Prehistoric Fossil Snake Found

Friday, February 6th, 2009 - 10:11:26 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists have recovered fossils from a 60-million-year-old South American snake whose length and weight might make today's anacondas seem like...

Amphibious Snake-Like Robot
Friday, July 4th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
The Hirose-Fukushima Robotics Lab in Japan has invented an amphibious snake-like robot called “ACM-R5”. The amphibious...

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New Robot Climbs Through Pipes

Friday, June 27th, 2008 - 16:52:58 - Anuradha Menon

Industrial pipe systems are inaccessible and narrow. The pipes can be vertical and have junctions. Just as challenging, leakage points in the water...

Burmese Pythons in South Florida

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 - 10:20:43 - Ehud Rattner

The invasion of gigantic Burmese pythons in South Florida appears to be rapidly expanding, according to a new report from a University of Florida...

Researchers Unlock Snake and Spider Mystery

Monday, March 24th, 2008 - 16:31:04 - Ehud Rattner

Researchers have unlocked new evidence that could help them get to the bottom of our most common phobias and their causes. Hundreds of thousands of...

Snakes Gain Resistance by Preying on Newts

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 - 08:04:00 - Ehud Rattner

According to research made at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station, snakes have evolved resistance to the blowfish poison, tetrodotoxin (TTX), by...

Snakes Locate Prey Through Vibration Waves

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 - 16:32:23 - Ehud Rattner

It is often believed that snakes cannot hear. This presumption is fed by the fact that snakes lack an outer ear and that scientific evidence of...

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