In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles ...

They can grow to be 7.5 to 9.5 inches long. They may look like earthworms or snakes, but they're more closely related to the small lizards. Other reptiles have lost their limbs over time ...

If you see a slow worm (Anguis fragilis) in your garden, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a snake. But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain. Slow worms are ...