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When we think of seed dispersal, images of birds, squirrels, or even the wind usually come to mind. However, a groundbreaking study published in Royal Soci...

Nature often hides solutions to human ailments in the most unexpected places. According to a fascinating study highlighted by ScienceDaily, the key to endi...

New paleontological research led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that the anaconda (Eunectes) achieved its impressive size much earlier than pr...

A groundbreaking study by biologist Vladimir Dinets has shifted the scientific perspective on reptile intelligence, revealing that the Cuban boa (Chilaboth...

The Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas), a highly aquatic reptile endemic to California's Central Valley, is at a critical juncture in its recovery. Rece...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially designated the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) as the official California's state snake, signing Sena...

Today, the boomslang ranks as one of Africa’s most venomous snakes. Herpetologist Paul Donovan, currently resides in Botswana, hopes to repel some of the b...

An ecological survey in Barbados has rediscovered the smallest known snake species in the world, the Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae). The sn...

The intestinal lining cells inside Burmese python (Python bivittatus) help the large constricting snake to digest the skeletons of their prey, new research...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adder (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient ...

Each spring, a disquieting tangle of tens of thousands of garter snakes emerges from their winter home, forming the world’s largest gathering of snakes. ...

For centuries, myths and fairytales from European folklore have warned of the danger of the common adder (Vipera berus), a venomous viper known for its pai...

Mojave desert tortoise is more dire since a federal funding freeze. The grants awarded to protect it from being run over by cars. Far from Washington po...

South Carolina House Bill 3937 (H3937) was introduced on Feb. 6, 2025 by Representative Hixon. It will ban venomous reptiles. The bill makes it illegal to ...

New species arrive regularly in the UK with the warming climate and are generally met with excitement by enthusiasts and scientists alike, given that they ...

Australian National University (ANU) Associate Professor Gavin Smith has been studying the relocation of eastern brown snakes (Pseudonaja textilis) in Aust...

After the World Health Organization declared snakebite as a neglected tropical disease in 2017, increased efforts have been placed to reduce the number of snake...

Fear of snakes is a powerful emotion. It moves other people to needlessly kill snakes. It is very hard to convince some folks to let go of their irrational...

Researchers have described two new species of African house snake of the genus Boaedon based on the genetic sequencing of 18 currently recognized...

Researchers say leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius), when presented to live in a bioactive enclosure, prefer that type of enclosure over others. The re...

Taiwan's Ministry of Agriculture announced plans to ban the ownership and importation of 955 animal species, including raccoons and alligator snapping turtles...

Monkeys can quickly detect snakes because of the presence of snake scale on the snake that monkeys have evolved to identify, according to a new research pa...

Reptile populations are in decline globally, driven primarily by habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and habitat fragmentation. In England, where only si...

Over the last few years, real estate development has grown around my neighborhood like a rabid fungus. It has displaced wildlife from their natural homes into ...

While they may require more maintenance and investment, Eastern indigo snake are one of the most intelligent and rewarding snake species a passionate herpe...

Six eyelash pit vipers born at the Dallas Zoo in October, 2024. The zoo recorded the first birth of the species at the zoo in 1980. Read more info abou...

The researchers say Malayan banded wolf snakes (L. subcinctus) from China currently known as Lycodon "maculatus" have no valid binomial name attributed to ...

The Memphis Zoo announced yesterday that it has successfully produced and hatched reptiles via frozen semen and artificial insemination. Read more info ...

Lists of the rarest species are always subjective, as "rare" can be difficult to define. Should it be judged based on the size of the remaining population or ...

A small team of evolutionary biologists has found that a family of snakes known as Elapidae originated in Asia, not Africa, as many in the field have thought....