Scottish journalist and lifelong sports fan who grew up in Edinburgh playing and following football (soccer), cricket, tennis, golf, hockey… Joined Diario AS in 2012, becoming Director of AS USA in ...

We explain why snakes have to shed their entire top layer of skin in one go as part of their growth cycle and how often they ...

Snakes shed their skin multiple times per year. This is done for the growth and health of the snake. It is a time when snakes are most vulnerable and tend to hide away from the world while their old ...

A missing snake could still be alive in Hove - surviving zero temperatures and feeding on rodents. Newly shed or sloughed skin of what is obviously a large snake has been found in the back garden of a ...