For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned anyone ...

As we enter the Year of the Snake, we take the opportunity to revisit the starring roles of this mystic animal in art. Snake is the sixth animal sign in the 12-year zodiac cycle and based on ...

The record-holding king cobra, once a symbol of nature's extremes, was destroyed during World War II bombing in Britain. This loss erased a tangible scientific reference, leaving only historical ...

LENOX — Nine-year-old Tommy Wehner did not realize what he found when he picked up a small garter snake wending its way through the garden behind his Pittsfield Road home earlier this week. To the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. On June 9, 2006, herpetologist Blair Hedges and his wife, ...

Fossils unearthed in Gujarat, India, reveal an exceptionally large snake from the Eocene era, approximately 47 million years ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

The elusive rainbow snake, scientifically known as Farancia erytrogramma, is a nonvenomous species, whose population has declined in recent decades, according to the FWC. Their populations have been ...