I have answered questions about snakes for decades. During the last two, with the advent of camera phones, I enjoy being able to identify snakes people encounter. Equally enjoyable is educating folks ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was ...

Ancient England snake fossil Paradoxophidion helps explain how modern snakes evolved during warm humid Eocene period.

When it comes to animal identification, people are often quick to imagine they are seeing something truly bizarre (and non-existent) than they are to conclude that they have seen something truly ...

While we all know it's a dog-eat-dog world, so to speak, an Australian snake species has taken the suggestion of cannibalism very literally and has been captured consuming a smaller, and very unlucky, ...

There are spiders that eat snakes. Observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Researchers consolidated and analyzed over 300 reports of this unusual predation strategy.

There are spiders that eat snakes. Observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Two researchers from Basel and the US consolidated and analyzed over 300 reports of this ...

Many people have an innate fear of snakes. This fear is an evolutionary one that kept people from being harmed long ago. However, today, these creatures get a bad rap even from those who have never ...

Elicky Misoi (38) a farmer from Baraton in Nandi County has been nicknamed ‘Manyoka’ for his unusual love for snakes. His love affair with snakes began when he was just 11-years-old when his parents, ...