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 ...

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 ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Ellen Trout Zoo is seeing success in an ongoing effort to breed and help save an endangered snake species. Robert Jackson is a General Curator with Ellen Trout Zoo. He’s ...

Most snakes in New Hampshire are relatively harmless. You leave them alone, and they'll leave you alone while keeping your yard's ecosystem in balance (think fewer rodents). But, there are one species ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Officials are ...

As one of the most biodiverse states in the nation, it should be no surprise Alabama has a variety of snakes slithering around - 49 species and subspecies to be more precise. In fact, the state boasts ...