If you live in Kansas you share your state with many different types of snakes. Kansas is home to more than 40 snake species ...

Unlike most other animals, snakes do not have limbs to help them get from one place to another. Instead, they slither — but there's a little more to snake anatomy than how they move. Finely tuned for ...

A school in Australia had an unwelcome visit from an eastern brown snake, which are responsible for more deaths in the ...

Today, we’re diving into the world of the glass snake, more commonly known as a glass lizard. They aren’t actually snakes at all; they’re several species of legless lizard. That's right, glass lizards ...

Yellowstone is known for its amazing wildlife, but most don't know about its snakes. Let's discover the largest snake found in Yellowstone National Park.

This column will focus on cardiocentesis as a blood collection technique in snakes. The ventral tail vein is the second most commonly used site for venipuncture in the snake. The tail vein is ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare.

In May we featured an image from Arizona as part of a quiz challenging readers to spot a camouflaged rattlesnake. Below is a repost for those interested in testing their spotting skills.

But it was one thing reading about venomous rattlesnakes, and another thing coming face-to-face with one in the middle of nowhere. “I’m terrified of snakes,” says Manny. “And we were on ...

There are more than 50 species of snakes that live in the seas. Some are super venomous and they can zip through the water ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators ...