Rising temperatures in Kerala have led to an increase in snakebite cases, as heat forces snakes closer to human settlements.

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The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to USA TODAY on April 23 that a woman died earlier this month in a ...

Snakes and other reptiles often get a bad reputation, but local reptile keeper Jeffry Evans says much of that fear comes from ...

Relatively simple habitat management can influence population genetics, providing conservation managers with the opportunity ...

The parasite getting attention is called rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, and although it’s not new, it is ...

It wasn’t just the butterflies that were early, and it wasn’t just Yosemite where winter got cut short. From rattlesnakes and ...

Talk about a spring fling. The annual mating ritual of garter snakes is underway, where multiple males intertwine with a ...

Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...

Have you noticed that many invasive species are snakes? We explain why snakes are so good at taking over new areas.

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

What’s better than a new tale from Minneapolis writer Louise Erdrich? How about 13 new tales? “Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which have previously been published in The New ...