Snakes have slithered through the planet’s history for over 160 million years, but their beginnings are still full of question marks. Scientists agree they came from lizards, but which ones? And why ...

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest ...

A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was discovered. The newly named Paradoxophidion richardoweni lived around 37 ...

The southern hognose snake commonly dies in traffic. The Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday reversed course and proposed listing the southern hognose snake as a threatened species, marking a big ...

As part of a recent grant, students at Smith College have completed a project focused on helping the endangered Eastern rat ...