When people think of the most venomous animal in the world, they often imagine snakes, jellyfish, or scorpions, but the true answer is a small marine mollusk known as the cone snail. Despite its ...

If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...

A recent study compiled over 500 incidents of cannibalism in more than 200 species of snakes, revealing that the behavior is ...

Researchers have identified Yakacoatl tlalli as a nonvenomous, subterranean new snake species from the Balsas River basin.

A new study reveals that numerous snake species are more cannibalistic than previously thought.

David Graves, a hiker in Central Alabama, had one such encounter when he ran into a massive rattlesnake slithering across the ...

Meet the slow worm slithering across the garden like a tiny liquid shadow. A legless lizard, experts say, that somehow manages to fool everyone. Kids .

The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration ...

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.