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

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 ...

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 ...

Millions of years ago, England was a much different place than it is today. In the Late Eocene, England was rich with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A brand new species of snake has been discovered lurking in cloud forests of Ecuador. The new species is a type of coffee snake, and has been named the Tudor's Coffee Snake, or Ninia guytudori, in ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous snakes include three different species of rattlesnake, two species of coral ...

Japan's long chain of islands supports a surprisingly rich variety of wildlife, created by isolation, mountains, forests, and the seas surrounding it. Snakes are decidedly included in this landscape, ...

The ancestors of cobras and related snakes first emerged in Asia roughly 35 million years ago. Many researchers thought the Elapoidea superfamily of snakes evolved in Africa before slithering their ...