A new snake species was discovered in April 2025 that will have you checking the forest canopy instead of the ground in the ...

A cute and crawly kingsnake with two heads is chowing on mice and chilling with its keepers at the East Bay Vivarium in ...

Bennett True set a goal last summer that others might find unthinkable: to give a live demonstration with highly venomous ...

Fred Kraus, a researcher in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, was studying ...

Michigan has 18 snake species, most of which are harmless and beneficial to the ecosystem. Five common Michigan snakes ...

While the vast majority of Texas' snakes are completely harmless, about 15% are venomous, including rattlesnakes, ...

After Michigan's snakes hibernate and endure the cold months, they emerge from hibernation in spring, Huron-Clinton ...

olive green or almost solid black, and marked with wide, dark bands. The cottonmouth is named because of the white tissue inside its mouth, which it displays when threatened. The snake averages ...

Herpetologist Fred Kraus discovered a new arboreal snake species, Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island in Papua New Guinea.

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 ...