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Nineteen captive-bred Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) were released this week at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve in Bristol, FL. Th...

A recent study finds that the highly venomous banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) is likely to be an assemblage of different species across Asia. The stud...

The dwarf reed snake (Pseudorabdion longiceps) developed what appears to be a unique way of fleeing. When danger approaches, the small, South Asian serpent...

A cancer-fighting drug with Kentucky connections has had what could be a major breakthrough, reportedly showing positive results in early trials. A new dru...

A new species of snake was described from western Panama. First documented in 1977 by Dr. Charles Myers. It was only now that it got a scientific descripti...

How to translocate snakes? Researchers examined dozens of studies to find the best strategies in order to improve their conservation techniques.  For a ...

Researchers have found a new way to help curb the exploding population of Burmese pythons in Florida by tracking smaller animals that the snakes eat. ...

Australian researchers have buried an enduring myth once and for all, showing snakes are certainly not deaf and can hear airborne sounds. They found the sn...

A threatened species for nearly a decade, the narrow-headed garter snake is getting new life and help from scientists at the Phoenix Zoo. Tara Harris, d...

According to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the genetic building blocks behind the production of oral venom in ...

The study, recently published in Evolutionary Biology, documents rapid evolution in tiger snake (Notechis scutatus). In less than a century, these snakes e...

Scientists discover new species of dwarf boa (Tropidophis cacuangoae) in Ecuadorian Amazon. Two specimens were found in the Colonso Chalupas national re...

Researchers claim that microbes can and do live inside the venom glands of dangerous species. Read more info about this topic using the following link ...

The molecule produced by the jararacussu pit viper inhibited the virus's ability to multiply in monkey cells by 75%. "We were able to show this component o...

The duration of long-term sperm storage of approximately 71 months is the longest registered period for a female vertebrate (in fact a reptile). Here, the ...

The Center for Antibody Technologies headed by Professor Andreas Laustsen-Kiel (Technical University of Denmark) used high-throughput methods to systematic...

In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers found that snakes have two individual clitoris (hemiclitores) separ...

Herpetologists have long wondered how the king cobra, which slithers across massive Asian landscapes separated by seemingly impenetrable divides such as th...

Two decades after having described a new Anaconda species based on morphological characteristics, a team guided by David Tarknishvili succeeded in extracti...

An article written by Chris Montross of DarkHorse Herpetoculture. Read about adventures in searching for red ratsnakes in the foothill of western North C...

Among the 22 species newly added to European list of invasive alien species, there are also reptiles and amphibians, namely common kingsnake (L. getula) an...

After running complex morphological and phylogenetic analyses, the scientists, worked in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, discovered a pit viper specime...

An enrichment environment for snakes is far more than just a tank with some additional objects in it. Read more info about this topic using the followin...

Researchers have discovered a new species of burrowing snake in the biological hotspot of the northern Western Ghats, India, after 144 years. The snake ...

The second registration of a wild-born Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) prooves the efficiency of reintroduction program in the state. Read als...

A new snake species, previously unknown to science, was discovered in Paraguay. The reptile described by researchers of the Paraguayan NGO Para La Tierra w...

One of the most dangerous venomous snakes—Butterfly viper (Bitis nasicornis) originating from West and Central Africa is known for its striking coloration ...

Snake that squeeze and then swallow an enormous prey item have evolved a way to keep themselves from suffocating while they are doing it. Read more info...

The follwoing review investigates possible neural consequences and results of artificial environments on snakes in captivity under human care. The impac...