Category: Wild Snakes
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Venom May Lead to Universal Antivenins
How snakes envenomate themselves isn’t completely understood, but the scientists are getting closer to finding solutions to snake bite envenomations. [...]
Despite Limited Genetic Diversity, The Invasive Brown Treesnake Has Thrived On Guam
The brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis), native to northern coastal Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and islands in northwestern Melanes [...]
Rainbow Snakes Declining In North Carolina
The state is asking people who see rainbow snakes in the wild to report their sightings at the NC Wildlife Rainbow Snake reporting page. [...]
Florida Python Challenge Opens July 10, 2026
The annual python hunt runs July 10-19, with registration now open. [...]
42 Eastern Indigo Snakes Released In Florida And Alabama
The Nature Conservancy’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP) in the Florida Panhandle were the recipients of 21 eastern indigo snakes on A [...]
Researchers Assess Diseases In 29 Species Of Native American Snakes
Wild snakes in the USA suffer from myriad pathogens that can negatively affect their populations. [...]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Subdues a Venomous Rattlesnake In His Driveway
The video shows him with a butterfly net trying to scoop the venomous snake into a bucket, with one instance showing him trying to push the snake into [...]
10 Venomous Snakes Of Africa
It is estimated that more than 32,000 people die from being bit in Africa every year (estimated approximately 500,000 envenomations) by venomous snake [...]
California Mountain Biker Dies From Rattlesnake Bite
In the region where Hernandez was bitten, the Southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) thrives. [...]
Eastern Indigo Snake Surveys Begin On Florida’s Sanibel and Captiva Islands
When the SCCF surveys snakes, the foundation researchers measure, photograph and mark them and obtain genetic samples for other studies [...]
Giant Garter Snake Named California State Snake
The giant garter snake feeds on small fish tadpoles and frogs and is active during the day. [...]
Three Colubrid Snakes Discovered In Kosovo For First Time
These colubrids bring the number of snakes in the country to 12, with 25 total reptile species found in Kosovo. [...]
Women Dominate 2025 Florida Python Challenge
This year’s challenge saw women dominating the field. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 with 60 pythons removed from the Evergl [...]
Could The Flowerpot Snake Provide Insights Into Down Syndrome?
The Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus) is one of the most popular snakes in the herp world due largely to the fact that it is one of the sma [...]
Eastern Brown Snakes Don’t Fare Well When Relocated According to Preliminary Australian Research
"We assume that they can adapt very quickly and they are resilient and they can make use of anywhere, but what we are really finding is that is not th [...]
New Colubrid Parrot Snake Species From Brazil Described
Leptophis mystacinus sp. nov was collected in Brazil. The researchers compared the new species with 1,625 specimens of Leptophis spp. using extracted [...]
Snake Education In Your Neighborhood
Over the last few years, real estate development has grown around my neighborhood like a rabid fungus. It has displaced wildlife from their natural ho [...]
Video: King Cobra Devours Smaller King Cobra In Singapore
The king cobra is known as a snake eater, hence the scientific name Ophiophagus (Greek for snake eating) and feeds almost exclusively on other snakes. [...]
New Colubrid Snake Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio
Anguiculus dicaprioi was collected from mud roads. They were observed basking and stayed motionless until they were captured. [...]
Snake Swallows Egg In Viral Video
The snake crawls on the human hand, the egg cradled in the palm, and then the snake just opens its mouth and swallows the egg whole [...]
New King Cobra Species Discovered In India
The researchers have restricted Ophiophagus hannah s. str. to populations of the snake located in eastern Pakistan, northern and eastern India, centra [...]
New Species Name For Malayan Banded Wolf Snake
The newly named species, Lycodon neomaculatus sp. nov can be found throughout southern China as well as into Cambodia, eastern Myanmar (formerly Burma [...]
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Survives Getting Swallowed By Eastern Indigo Snake
At first glance, Moore believed that both snakes were dead, but upon closer inspection, Moore noticed that the rattlesnake's tail twitched [...]
Volunteers Needed To Virtually Track Eastern Indigo Snakes
Indigo Snake Watch, the project is aimed to improve the understanding into how reintroduced snakes in the wild move about in their new surroundings. [...]
