Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct species, reshaping our understanding of venomous snake diversity and ...

New species are being discovered quite often, but those discoveries aren't always made in the same way. This snake, for example, has quite the strange story.

A scientist visiting Ethiopia in the 1980s found an olive-colored predator and decided to keep it. After its death almost 20 ...

The new species of African house snake is known from only one specimen, a roughly 10-inch long juvenile snake caught “in high ...

A study by this year's Nobel Laureate in Chemistry reveals a possible game-changer in snakebite treatment. Researchers have ...

The deadly caterpillars – within the South American genus called Lonomia – have a snakelike venom that interferes with blood ...

Snake encounters are more common than you might think, and they often happen when you least expect it—sometimes even around ...

New proteins not found in nature have now been designed to counteract certain highly poisonous components of snake venom. The deep learning, computational methods for developing these ...

Scientists analyzing the DNA of confiscated pangolins and their scales discovered a “cryptic” new species: the Indo-Burmese ...

Bhopal: After cheetah, Madhya Pradesh is now exploring ‘introduction’ of king cobra in the state forests to maintain ...

JAIPUR: Rajasthan is grappling with a serious snakebite crisis, as the medicines available in state hospitals are proving ...