A look at the U.S. mass deportation campaign reveals a widespread "betrayal trauma" that is severely damaging the mental ...

A rare discovery in a Cuban cave has rewritten what we thought we knew about reptile intelligence: the first snake hunters we ...

A newly identified fossil snake reveals clues about early advanced snake evolution. Its mixed traits highlight an ancient branch of the caenophidian family tree. More than forty years after it was ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You know that scene in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where ...

Crikey, a new species of wolf snake has been discovered in India and named after the late Steve Irwin. Researchers decided to call the glossy black snake "Irwin's wolf snake," or "Lycodon irwini," in ...

More recently, I discovered the accompanying footage, which shows a Mabamba Swamp shoebill stalking, striking and gobbling a snake as though it were a mere worm. The footage was shared in September by ...

Some folks may say one good thing about the cold weather is no copperheads. That’s right, across much of South Carolina copperheads and other snakes have entered what’s called brumation. It’s when ...

A new species of wolf snake was discovered from the Great Nicobar Islands, India. Researchers R. S. Naveen and S. R. Chandramouli of the Pondicherry University, Zeeshan A. Mirza of the Max Planck ...

Do you jump at the sight of snakes? Unfortunately, Georgia is home to a wide variety of them, and there's one particularly ...

A 15-year-old first spotted the snake hanging out in the ceiling above a toilet in their home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Scientists in India have unearthed the fossil remains of Vasuki indicus, one of the largest snakes to have ever slithered the Earth. The fossilized vertebrae, found in a lignite mine in Gujarat, an ...