Every time I visit the ranch, I’m reminded of how few places there are in the state of Utah where one could go and experience ...

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 ...

Yanyan Hong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

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 ...

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Dusk starts to settle across the landscape. The dirt trail, lit by the last licks of sunlight, winds through the trees. The sound of your shuffling footfalls fills the quiet. Suddenly, you stop.

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 ...

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

EXCLUSIVE: Margaret Qualley (The Substance, Maid), Drew Starkey (Queer) and Michael Shannon (Nuremberg, George & Tammy) are set to star in Jeff Nichols‘ next film King Snake. Nichols and his partners ...

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, ...

An antivenom using antibodies from a llama and an alpaca can neutralize venom from some of the world’s most venomous snakes, according to a study published today in Nature 1. When administered to mice ...