Scientists have described a new species of coffee snake from the cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador and revalidated the ...

A new non-venomous keelback snake from southeastern Yunnan is distinguished by its anatomy, coloration and mitochondrial DNA, ...

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. Called Vasuki indicus, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This article is more than 2 years old. A herpetologist ...

Snakes represent one of the most successful groups of vertebrates on Earth, with over 4,200 living species accounting for one-third of all scaled reptiles. Despite a long history going back to at ...

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The snake discovery happened around 7:45 p.m. Sept. 17 at a home in Chester, and the man “jumped back” fast enough to avoid being bitten, according to Virginia Wildlife Management and Control.

The green anaconda, an aquatic snake often found in South America's Amazon region, is the largest of its kind — measuring nearly 21 feet in length, according to experts. Now, the snake behemoth has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A professional snake catcher was called to a school in Canberra, Australia, after a venomous eastern brown snake was discovered ...

Scientists from Scripps Research have developed a synthetic antibody that's effective against the lethal venom of four separate snake species. This discovery could be a game-changer in creating a ...

A new ancient species of snake dubbed Vasuki Indicus, which lived around 47 million years ago in the state of Gujarat in India, may have been one of the largest snakes to have ever lived, suggests new ...