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 ...

Meet the snake plant—aka Mother-in-Law’s Tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata)—the ultimate low-maintenance houseplant that’s as stylish as it is tough. Loved for its sleek, sword-like leaves ...

As steam billows in a cloud, the writhing slab flattens out under these successive squeezes until it is a hundred-yard ribbon, as flexible as a snake’s tongue and as red. Rippling down the long ...

By Kim Shinkoskey Erica Green recently wrote a thoughtful article about President Trump’s constant contradicting of himself over things like Greenland, Gaza, Black History Month, a third term, whether ...

On an island in Papua New Guinea, a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue made itself at home in a village garden — or it tried to, at least. Locals spotted the “smooth” animal and caught it. They ...

Lately I've been craving a new plant, so when I found out that IKEA is selling a 14-inch mother-in-law's tongue (also known as a snake plant) for just $15, I was amazed. With spring officially ...

Villagers on an island in Papua New Guinea found a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue and helped scientists ... in a group of tree-dwelling snakes with a “poorly understood ...

IKEA shoppers are equally in love with the pretty plants. “The snake plant was cheaper and more bushy than ones sold at a local nursery,” one IKEA shopper wrote in their review. Another shopper shared ...