Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from Thailand, ...

Snakes are typically regarded as land-dwelling creatures. But in the forests of southern Asia, a remarkable lineage has taken ...

This rare and unsettling behavior was caught on camera. Find out why snakes may self-cannibalize under stress or confusion.

Copperheads also feature an hourglass-shaped pattern on their bodies — from the head down to the tail. When curled up, this camouflage can make them look like a pile of leaves. And like most other ...

S ome snakes are well-known for injecting prey with venom from their fangs. What’s less well known is that they produce toxic ...

AD Roman life-size marble statue of important magistrate. Academic report by Dr. Raffaele D'Amato; geological report by ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is looking for more of an endangered bird, known as the plains sharp-tailed grouse, and they want the public’s help. These birds live in Alaska and ...

US President Donald Trump unveiled new details Tuesday on his plan for a "Golden Dome" missile shield system to protect the country against attacks, saying it should be operational in about three ...

Other snakes carefully select nesting sites to shield their eggs from predators and environmental challenges.

Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Calcutta, have designated a lizard, preserved in a jar of ethanol for over 150 years, as the original reference specimen for this long-tailed ...

“They have a smooth, glossy, grey or brown cylindrical body and, unlike snakes, a flat forked tongue, eyelids and a tail which sheds when under attack. “The tail will carry on moving even when ...