Researchers have identified Yakacoatl tlalli as a nonvenomous, subterranean new snake species from the Balsas River basin.

A new study reveals that numerous snake species are more cannibalistic than previously thought.

David Graves, a hiker in Central Alabama, had one such encounter when he ran into a massive rattlesnake slithering across the ...

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Meet the slow worm slithering across the garden like a tiny liquid shadow. A legless lizard, experts say, that somehow manages to fool everyone. Kids .

Brown tree snakes, which are invasive in Guam, have caused local extinctions of bird and bat species. Eradication efforts are ...

A cute video of an Amazon tree boa yawning went viral, but is it really yawning? Read here to learn more about why snakes yawn.

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.

A 47-year-old man died after allegedly eating a snake turtle in Barangay 6, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Feb. 11.The victim experienced ...

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...