The sidewinder, known formally as Crotalus cerastes, has mastered the art of traversing the sandy deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

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 ...

One snake's ability to shimmy up slippery sand dunes could inspire new technologies for robots that could perform search and rescue missions, carry out inspections of hazardous wastes and even ...

Scientists recently studied one of the best sand-travelers in the animal kingdom – the sidewinder rattlesnake. After they analyzed its movement patterns and applied them to an existing snake ...

Carnegie Mellon's modular robotic snake is able to traverse sandy environments, thanks to lessons learned from sidewinder snakes. Snake-bot scales sandy slopes with sidewinder slither - CNET X ...

A sidewinder snake is shown in a sand-filled trackway at Zoo Atlanta. Researchers from Georgia Tech, Carnegie-Mellon University, Zoo Atlanta and Oregon State University studied the snakes to ...

The sidewinder rattlesnake, renowned as the world's fastest snake, exhibits a unique lateral undulation movement. This enables it to swiftly traverse hot desert terrains. Equipped with specialized ...

Sidewinder snakes most likely phased out the spikes along their bellies in favor of a smoother belly that can move with no frictional drag. Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Sidewinder snakes are venomous ...

A new study looked at the North American desert-dwelling sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), a creature better known for its venomous bite than its graceful movements.But this snake can ...