Snakes love to flick their tongues around – but what’s the reason? As with most things in the animal kingdom, the answer is a little more complex than might first meet the eye – or tongue fo ...

Is it true that snakes smell with their tongue? Snakes can smell with their tongues; although they have nostrils like humans, their tongues are the primary way of sensing their environment.

Hong Kong Cantonese is a uniquely complex tongue because of its unapologetically ... As the Year of the Snake slithers hither, we examine six snake-inspired Cantonese slang words.

Snake plant, Dracaena trifasciata, is a houseplant that’s easy to grow. Other common names are bowstring hemp (fibrous leaves) and mother-in-law’s tongue (comparison to sharp margins of leaves).