When you think of big snakes, chances are you're thinking about the reticulated python. It is one of the world's most iconic ...

is known for its colorful appearance. There’s no official ranking of Arizona cities based on snake populations. “Since Arizona has 13 species of rattlesnake, one or more species may be found ...

The South Florida rainbow snake resembles less a rainbow than a rainbow's shadow: With its iridescent, blue-black back, yellow and red patches and three red stripes, the snake is colorful and ...

Scientists have discovered a new snake species following an encounter with a large black-eyed creature found moving around a mining site on a small island in Papua New Guinea. The atra tree snake ...

Intrigued, he took a closer look at the animals, compared them with museum archives and soon realized he’d discovered a new species: Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake.

It turned out to be a new species. A team of researchers spent several years visiting sites throughout the Himalayas to survey reptiles. The project focused on a group of snakes, known as wolf ...