The public’s assistance is requested by the Wildlife Center of Virginia in naming a non-releasable Eastern Ratsnake. The snake, admitted to the center in December 2021, is joining the ranks of the ...

Researchers have uncovered a new species of wolf snake on Great Nicobar Island and named it Lycodon irwini in tribute to ...

Crikey! If you were anywhere near a television in the late-90s and early-2000s, that catch phrase certainly lives in your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. On June 9, 2006, herpetologist Blair Hedges and his wife, ...

A new snake species, Lycodon irwini, named in honour of Steve Irwin, has been discovered in India's Nicobar Islands. This ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous ...

Five species of previously unknown snakes with stunning eyes were discovered in jungle trees, and one was named after Leonardo DiCaprio. But mining threatens them all. When you purchase through links ...

A newly identified fossil snake reveals clues about early advanced snake evolution. Its mixed traits highlight an ancient branch of the caenophidian family tree. More than forty years after it was ...

Nameless snake to get new moniker through social media. July 2, 2011— -- A python in Germany has slithered its way into the spotlight thanks to a rare anatomical anomaly: It has two heads. The ...