Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world of snakes is equal parts fascinating and fear-inducing. Some folks keep them as scaly companions, while others would ...

In a modified version of the mirror self-recognition experiment, eastern garter snakes showed signs that they recognize their own scent. Mark Nenadov via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 DEED For decades, ...

Some snakes seem to respond differently to their own scent when it has been altered, which hints that they have some form of self-recognition. “But snakes and most reptiles primarily interact with ...

JASON: SANIKA: FOR SANIKA: THIS WEEK ON THE SCIENCE OF IT, IT’S ANIMAL THEMES. JASON: ALEX ALECCI MET A SNAKE NAMED BETSY. >> HELLO AND WELCOME FOR THE SIGN OF IT. I’M. HERE ORLANDO SCICEEN CENTER AND ...

Say the words “animal self-recognition,” and many scientists will think of chimpanzees, crows and elephants. For the first time, researchers — employing an innovative twist on the mirror test — have ...