The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to decide whether to protect an ...

Tucked away in McCreary County, Eagle Falls stands as Kentucky’s answer to those fancy international destinations that charge ...

What makes Eagle Falls truly special is its vantage point – from certain angles, you can see Cumberland Falls (known as the ...

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild. When you purchase through links ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was discovered. The newly named Paradoxophidion richardoweni lived around 37 ...

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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 ...

A University of Florida study found that snake bites in the state are an understudied but avoidable risk. Most venomous snake bites in Florida occurred when people, primarily men, intentionally ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

A team of researchers with the University of Kentucky is contributing to a nationwide effort to understand a fungal disease impacting native snake species. Ophidiomycosis, or snake fungal disease (SFD ...

A female copperhead was captured, processed, and later released as part of an ongoing study on the impact of snake fungal disease on Kentucky's native snakes. A team of researchers with the University ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...