SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A SNAKE IN YOUR HAND AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, THERE’S SOMEONE YOU COULD CALL FOR THAT. THAT’S A RELIEF. WESH 2 NEWS DAVE MCDANIEL REPORTS A LOCAL MAN SAYS HE ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A herpetologist reveals the shocking discovery of one of ...

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 ...

A March survey in Barbados marked the tiny reptiles' return to the world of science Connor Blades The Barbados threadsnake, thought to be the world's smallest snake species, was 'rediscovered' in ...

Better hope you don’t get bit by any of these venomous snakes. Top row: Robert Hamilton/Alamy; Wiki Commons; Sam Yue/Alamy. Middle row: Scott Travers; Design Pics Inc/Alamy; Dimitry Orlov/Alamy.