The Jamaican Yellow Boa is a large, nonvenomous snake only found on the island of Jamaica in the Caribbean ... A new ...

There are more than 50 species of snakes that live in the seas. Some are super venomous and they can zip through the water ...

The yellow-bellied sea snake has the broadest distribution of any snake or lizard. But geography, climate and timing have prevented it from populating the Atlantic. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

According to a 2013 study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, terciopelo snakes account for 90% of all snake bites in Central and South America and a good portion of the Caribbean ...

Beachgoers in Southern California were confused and horrified after a creepy, pale snake-like creature with sharp, jagged ...

Garfield Ekon Staff Writer – The Caribbean Region faces existential threats, including biodiversity loss which continue to be ...

If you encounter a snake but can keep your distance, the snake will nearly always refrain from striking. If you should be bitten, obviously the most important first thing is determining if the snake ...

Find out more about the global trade in wild animals. Growing up to 2.75 metres long, the yellow sea snake (Hydrophis spiralis) is the longest species of sea snake. Most specimens that have been ...

Helene's damaging winds extended as far as 345 miles from its center making it one of the largest storms this century.

offers “Snake Yoga,” where participants not only handle a live ball python, but let it slither across their body At LXRYOGA, the owners have pet snakes that are incorporated into the class ...

MR. SMEDLEY'S note on viviparity in the sea-snake (Laticauda colubrina) in NATURE of Aug. 30, p. 312, needs some comment. My statement (which he quotes) that all sea-snakes are viviparous was not ...

While only about 10 percent of the roughly 4,000 known snake species have venom that can harm a human, using genetics to determine which snakes could be deadly could speed up developing better ...