Snakes have adapted to nearly every continent on Earth, thriving in a range of habitats, from steaming rainforests to arid ...

If you’re picturing giant cobras or black mambas when you think “most deadly snake,” the real answer is less... The post The ...

Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep populations of mice, squirrels, other small animals and even insects ...

The newly named northern green anaconda or Eunectes akayima is reportedly the largest in the world, capable of exceeding ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

Spain boasts a considerable number of different species of snakes, and there are 11 species found on the Iberian peninsula.

The western diamondback rattlesnake checked off a new portion of the map last November, making Denton County part of the ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the journal Nature ...

A new species of reed snake has been discovered in Mizoram after scientists confirmed that the specimens collected over a ...

Ancient England snake fossil Paradoxophidion helps explain how modern snakes evolved during warm humid Eocene period.

The new study establishes that the Mizoram population represents a distinct evolutionary lineage unique to the state, he said ...

By Mongabay.com A decade after tour guide Basil P. Das stumbled upon a small black-and-beige snake while working on his ...