Brazil’s Snake Island, officially Ilha da Queimada Grande, is often imagined as a realm of peril, yet its significance goes far beyond danger. This remote island is an ecological gem, home to some of ...

Once a threatened species in Ohio, the Lake Erie water snake has come back and targets invasive fish. Here's how it's different from its cousins.

There are no venomous snakes that call Rhode Island home, but the bad news for people with ophidiophobia is there are snakes in Rhode Island that can grow to 8 feet long. There are 12 snakes native to ...

This mysterious lizard had hooked, snake-like teeth for hunting down prey 167 million years ago, a new study has found. The newly discovered species is named Breugnathair elgolensis, which means ...