A routine forest patrol in Gujarat's Kutch brought forest officers face-to-face with an Afro-Asian sand snake, a species not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This article is more than 2 years old. A herpetologist ...

In 2005, conservation scientist Julian Bayliss was searching Google Earth for mountainous green areas in northern Mozambique ...

Great Britain has always been thought to be home to a single venomous snake species, the adder. Although its bites are rarely life-threatening, they will require a trip to A&E and more than likely ...

A snake last conclusively recorded in Kutch in the 19th century has been spotted again, offering a glimpse of the region's ...

The green anaconda, an aquatic snake often found in South America's Amazon region, is the largest of its kind — measuring nearly 21 feet in length, according to experts. Now, the snake behemoth has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A professional snake catcher was called to a school in Canberra, Australia, after a venomous eastern brown snake was discovered ...