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

Intrigued by this “unusual” change in color, researchers caught several snakes, took a closer look at them, tested their DNA and realized they’d discovered a new species: Trimeresurus cryptographicus, ...

A photo shows the patterned snake coiled up on a shovelful of dirt. “Reptiles in Greece often use archaeological sites (for hibernation) and, when excavations resume in the spring, it is quite ...