An ancient snake fossil discovered in England reveals a strange new species and clues to the origins of modern snakes.

Texas is home to more than 100 snake species, including the western diamondback rattlesnake, which was recently documented for the first time in Denton County after being found in a suburban garage.

If you grew up on nature documentaries, you probably have “snake = scary predator” wired into your brain. But out in the real world, snakes are very much on the menu. Birds stomp them. Mammals chew ...

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of the python A reticulated python recently broke the Guinness World Record ...