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

Garter snakes can survive being frozen solid for hours. Here’s how evolution, biochemistry and behavior have allowed them to ...

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

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

Snakes don’t always get credit in the brains department. With no limbs and a blank stare, they’ve been cast as simple predators, slithering on instinct, but some snakes are surprisingly clever. While ...

Most people’s mental snake-ID kit in the yard comes down to a couple of half-remembered rules: “triangular head means... 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 ...

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

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the ...

A tiny reed snake, Calamaria mizoramensis, has been discovered in Mizoram, India. Hidden for years, this nocturnal species ...

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