Louisiana is home to about 48 species and subspecies of snakes, and seven of them are venomous. The vast majority of snakes in the state are nonvenomous, and they play a role in controlling local ...

Researchers in Cambodia surveyed dozens of previously unexplored caves and found several species never seen before, including ...

Researchers have discovered several rare and even new species during a several-year biodiversity study, CBS News reported.

Wildlife officials in Alabama discovered a rare Eastern indigo snake for only the second time in more than 60 years. According to the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, the young ...

The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction. The Memphis Zoo is celebrating ...

The venomous fangs of a copperhead snake are one thing. But the recent sighting of a rare two-headed snake in Northern Virginia is alarming — and mesmerizing — both social media spectators and ...

By the time word spread through the Maros region of South Sulawesi, the snake already had the kind of reputation that usually ...

The country continues to surprise the scientific community with its biodiversity and the availability of new, unknown species ...