The sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) is found in the deserts of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Credit: Photo by Wolfgang Wuster Microscopic look…
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This photo shows a brown tree snake in a tree. Credit: Bjorn Lardner, United States Geological Survey Researchers reporting in Current Biology on January 11, 2021,…
The brown tree snake, which is nocturnal, was accidentally introduced to Guam in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Credit: Bjorn Lardner, United States Geological…
The newly described python species Messelopython freyi is the world’s oldest known fossil record of a python. Credit: Senckenberg Fossils suggest that the constrictors’ origin…
Jeff Weinell, a University of Kansas graduate research assistant at the Biodiversity Institute, is lead author of a paper describing Waray Dwarf Burrowing Snake as…
The paradise tree snake mid-glide during the team’s motion experiments. Credit: Jake Socha Interdisciplinary team finds the motion enhances Chrysopelea paradisi’s rotational stability. The snakes…
An olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) foraging in Western Australia. Credit: Bruno Simoes, University of Plymouth Sea snakes first entered the marine environment 15 million…
Cats are twice as likely to survive a venomous snake bite than dogs, and the reasons behind this strange phenomenon have been revealed by University…
Trimeresurus salazar sp. nov. juvenile male from Pakke Tiger Reserve. Credit: Aamod Zambre and Chintan Seth, Eaglenest Biodiversity Project A new green pit viper species…
Animal Welfare Experts Demand: Tighten Up Law on Keeping Dangerous Snakes as Pets The law on keeping dangerous snakes as pets should be tightened up,…
Greek Meadow Viper (Vipera graeca) on Tymfi Mountain in Greece. Credit: Edvárd Mizsei Climate change is a key factor contributing to the likely extinction of…
Patients who became infected with the virus were exposed to wildlife animals at a wholesale market, where seafood, poultry, snakes, bats, and farm animals were…
During storms in the southwestern U.S., some rattlesnakes drink rain droplets from scales on their backs. This unusual behavior could help them survive in a…
New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles. Credit: Raúl Gómez New fossils of an…
A new study by a U of A undergraduate student provides the first detailed imaging of garter snake skulls at various stages of development. The…