This brilliant rainbow snake looks like something straight out of a fairytale! What's the science behind its magical iridescent sheen?

Experts say the lizard-like creature, which has been given the Gaelic name Breugnathair elgolensis, had lived about 167 ...

A remarkable fossil, Breugnathair elgolensis, unearthed on Scotland's Isle of Skye, offers crucial insights into snake evolution. This 167-million-yea ...

Queensland is the most biologically diverse territory in Australia, home to over 50% of its reptile species. Here are its ...

Now is a great time to catch a couple of exotic species that South Florida anglers appreciate — peacock bass and snakeheads.

For as dangerous as humans are to many animals, the inverse is also true, and these animals do have a history of occasionally ...

Breugnathair elgolensis is the first of a new family of squamates called Parviraptoridae, described as “an enigmatic group with potential importance for snake origins, that was previously known from ...

The new species looked like a lizard with a short body and four limbs but had snake-like jaws and curved teeth like pythons, showing a mix of traits from both lizards and snakes.

A new Jurassic lizard species has been identified with a baffling mix of traits seen in snakes and geckos, reshaping our ...

Some male “ghost sharks” have a bizarre way of giving love bites: They use teeth that sprout from their foreheads. These otherworldly animals, also known as spotted ratfish, can grab onto mates using ...

It’s one for the hiss-tory books! Three enormous ball pythons were spotted slithering through Queens’ Forest Park Thursday, including one that was nabbed — and named Kevin by rescuers — and two more ...

COVENTRY, Conn. (WTNH) — Know this snake? Coventry police are looking for the owner of an albino Burmese python found slithering in town Monday. Police said the roughly 9-foot snake was captured in ...