Sinuous stellar jets meander lazily across a field of stars in new images. The gently curving stellar jets are the outflow from young stars, and astronomers suspect their sidewinding appearances are ...

Sidewinders' bellies are studded with tiny pits and have few, if any, of the tiny spikes found on the bellies of other snakes. The discovery includes a mathematical model linking these distinct ...

The mesmerizing flow of a sidewinder moving obliquely across desert sands has captivated biologists for centuries and has been variously studied over the years, but questions remained about how the ...

A close-up on snake skin helped scientists work out what might help certain snakes navigate sandy surfaces. By Asher Elbein When it comes to slithering, most snakes do it the same way: straight ahead.

Snakes that specialize in “sidewinding” – that is, travelling at an angle relative to the direction their head is pointing – have tiny pits on their stomachs that even out the friction they feel as ...

Most snakes get from A to B by bending their bodies into S-shapes and slithering forward headfirst. A few species, however -- found in the deserts of North America, Africa and the Middle East -- have ...

The mesmerizing flow of a sidewinder moving across desert sands has captivated biologists for centuries, but questions remained about how the snakes produce their unique motion. [email protected] ...