Firecrackers, parades and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

From Beijing to Hanoi and Moscow, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — ...

Asian American communities around the U.S. and around the world are ringing in the Year of the Snake Wednesday, including in ...

Snakes are admired for their beauty and significance in ecosystems. Across the globe, species like the blue coral snake, San ...

From the monstrous Green Anaconda to the giant Reticulated Python, check out 7 largest snakes in the world and find out who ...

This giant snake which is also an apex predator, can grow to an incredible 18–19 feet in length, making it the world's longest venomous snake. However, genetic and morphological studies have ...

Leptophis mystacinus, or the mustache parrot snake, was discovered in the Cerrado, a massive savanna of mixed grasslands, shrublands, rocky outcrops and forests known for its biodiversity, according ...

A video showing a man bravely pulling a giant python out of a canal has gone viral, leaving the internet shocked.

The king cobra, previously believed to be a single species, is now identified as a complex of four distinct species due to ...