Many snake species have adapted to a burrowing lifestyle, using their digging skills for protection, temperature regulation, ...

A man is shockingly surprised when he goes to put on his running shoes and discovers a venomous rattlesnake that slithers out ...

According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?

Discovered in Barbados in 2006, this worm-sized snake went misidentified for a century — and now, it may disappear before ...

The Indian python faces extinction. Habitat loss and illegal trading are major threats. These snakes are also desired as ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...

The annual count of snake's-head fritillaries at Iffley Meadows on the banks of the River Thames in Oxford, recorded nearly 30,000 flowers, a dramatic increase from around 6,000 last year. The ...

Grand Strand Medical Center emergency residents were given a series of challenges related to wilderness medicine at the ...

Snakes, with over 3,600 species, possess unique visual adaptations crucial for hunting and survival. Lacking eyelids, their ...

Rattlesnakes are the only native venomous snakes in California. Here's where they live and what to do if you are bitten.

Researchers have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage -- phage for short -- that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that ...

Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous constricting snake, prefer a diet of mammals, birds or reptiles. But ...