The shells of snake eggs are soft and rubbery, unlike those of birds. The snakes incubating inside use special "egg teeth" to cut through the shell when they are ready to emerge. Once they hatch ...

This iconic snake, with its bulbous head and red, yellow, and black bands, is famous as much for its potent venom as for the many rhymes—"Red and yellow, kill a fellow; red and black ...

A healthy respect for snakes is good — after all, an estimated 5.4 million people globally are bitten by snakes each year!