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

From Chaplin’s toothbrush mustache to Hogan’s handlebar, these men have become synonymous with their fluffy accessory. Now, the discovery of a creature in the grasslands of central Brazil adds another ...

An olive-colored snake that was kept in captivity for 20 years has revealed a magnificent discovery which led to the ...

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

Dilane Salvaje was on the lookout for a green anaconda - the largest snake species in the world - in southern Colombia when ...

The new species “was recorded at relatively low elevations; the surrounding habitat consists of lowland mixed with ...

Three researchers from National Taiwan University, Yen-Ting Lin, Yu-Hsiang Lin and Yu-San Han, teamed up with local fisherman ...

In the swamps of Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam, scientists discovered the splendid fanged frog, Limnonectes splendissimus. This ...

Researchers slowly realized they’d discovered a new species: Lycodon poyarkovi, or Poyarkov’s big-tooth snake. A Lycodon poyarkovi, or Poyarkov’s big-tooth snake. Photo from L.P. Tran via ...

For a long time, the king cobra was recognized as the world’s longest venomous snake, a single species with a vast geographic range. However, recent studies have revealed that this perception ...

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