Mexico boasts the world's highest snake diversity with 438 species, thriving in its varied ecosystems from deserts to ...

In the arid shale beds of western India, scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil that tells the story of a prehistoric ...

Reports of their venomous bites have been greatly exaggerated. Only about 15 percent of snakes have harmful venom. The number of fatal bites in the United States is just five or six annually. Chances ...