King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India ...

King cobras are turning up on trains in India, and scientists now believe railways may be quietly moving these vulnerable snakes into unfamiliar habitats, raising new conservation and safety concerns.

Populations of Michigan's only rattlesnake, the eastern massasauga, are showing the negative effects of inbreeding in ...

As part of the new funding, local youth will be hired as interpreters and field assistants to help with monitoring and ...

Meet Lady Gaga, the albino carpet python celebrity whose retirement reveals what “aging gracefully” means for snakes.

“With the increased global availability of low-cost smartphones and social media in recent years, the number of reports of snakes on and around trains in India has increased, with three incidents ...

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

Inland Taipan: The World's Most Toxic Serpent Picture the inland taipan coiled in the cracked earth of central Australia, ...

When I penned last week’s column on river otters, I did a little more research to confirm that all my info was accurate. I knew otters fed primarily on fish, but I didn’t know that they can also feed ...

The rattlesnakes are hibernating now, spending the winter beneath the surface of a rock outcrop in Colorado where a camera has been posted. The camera has recorded a livestream online ー revealing the ...

Keri: A Surat-based researcher, along with an international team, has mapped 47 king cobra (ophiophagus kaalinga) localities ...

Come along on a guided tour of the strangest animals in Cincinnati's strangest neighborhood, from fungus-eating ants to a ...