Why did it have to be snakes? Because evolution puts snakes on a plain advantage, according to a new study co-authored by a Stony Brook University researcher. According to a new study, snakes are ...

The western diamondback rattlesnake checked off a new portion of the map last November, making Denton County part of the ...

A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) snake, one of the species that the team’s new antivenom seems to protect mice from. Image: Stu Porter (Shutterstock) We might be soon on the verge of having a ...

The University of Texas at Arlington’s Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center (ARDRC) recently documented Denton ...

Every summer, without fail, the British press carries alarming stories about snake sightings. On an island that only has one ...

On a rocky hillside in Fort Collins, Colo., is a "mega den" of hundreds of rattlesnakes. They live between the rocks year-round, but in the summer, the only snakes to remain in the area are preparing ...

Snake fungal disease (SFD) and related reptile mycoses represent an emerging threat to both wild and captive reptile populations. These conditions are caused primarily by fungal pathogens such as ...

All animals possess some capacity for repairing and replacing the lining of their intestines, a process called intestinal regeneration. In mammals, including humans, this constant but relatively minor ...

Esther Kangali felt a sharp pain while on her mother's farm in eastern Kenya. She looked down and saw a large snake coiling around her left leg. She screamed, and her mother came running.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have made major headway in understanding a strange and elusive species of snake-like worm known as amphisbaenians. The worms are vertebrates, scaly and ...