About the snake: You are far less likely to run into this rattlesnake than the timber rattlesnake. In fact, it is considered ...

A new species of snake was discovered in the southern Yunnan Province in China when the 2-foot-long reptile moved in a tree and caught the eye of visiting scientists. The new species is named Pareas ...

Not as rare as we once thought, snake cannibalism may be essential to their evolution.

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 ...

How many types of snakes are there? It's hard to quantify with one final answer because it changes. The short answer is that ...

A new species of venomous snake has been discovered in Australia. What is now known as the Desert Whip Snake, Demansia cyanochasma, was discovered by DNA researcher James Nankivell at The University ...

Some people keep them as pets, and others turn away screaming just at the sight of one. Snakes are slithering reptiles found almost everywhere in the world, including your backyard. New Jersey is home ...

North America is home to a surprising variety of large snakes, from the hefty Eastern Indigo Snake of the Southeast to the massive Boa Constrictors found in parts of Florida. Some are native, while ...

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 ...

The discovery of a quartet of fossilized snakes, a never-before-seen species from the boa family that lived 38 million years ago, has provided paleontologists with a rare insight into reptilian social ...

A March survey in Barbados marked the tiny reptiles' return to the world of science A snake thought to be the tiniest in the world is making a big splash! Earlier this year, the reclusive Barbados ...