A new snake species discovered in the Himalayas has been named after Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio to honour the actor and environmentalist. The Anguiculus dicaprioi is a copper-coloured snake with ...

Snakes are often misunderstood but possess remarkable beauty. This article showcases stunning snake species from around the ...

Pure white is not a common color in the natural world, especially when it comes to snakes. Although unusual, there are some snakes with white colors and patterns. Many all-white snakes in the wild are ...

Snakes Aren't Scary if You Put Them on Colored Backgrounds From Adam and Eve to Snakes on a Plane, legend and pop culture confirms all that slithers is just a little bit creepy. Andrew McGibbon has ...

While snakes are often cast as companions to villains in cult classic horror movies, experts say their benefits to the ecosystem far outweigh their bad reputations. “Snakes are kind of scapegoats.

Orange snakes are easy to spot in the wild because of their bright colors. Did you know that some of them are among the rarest reptiles on Earth? These animals are both beautiful and mysterious. For ...

Highly venomous eastern coral snakes just got a lot more intimidating, after a Florida biology student found one that doesn’t look like the photos in textbooks. Coral snakes are famously beautiful, ...

Things can get complicated when we refer to “brown snakes.” Brown snakes can mean snakes that are colored brown. However, brown snakes can also refer to the common name for non-venomous American brown ...

The night snake, whose scientific classification is Hypsiglena torquata, is a small nocturnal snake found in a broad but ...

This is a highly venomous eastern coral snake that does not display alternating bands of red, yellow and black. The abnormality is called an aberrancy. Facebook screengrab Highly venomous eastern ...