As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

All animals live in or seek a set of climate conditions they find tolerable. This "climate envelope" partially determines ...

Its slow movement helps it remain unnoticed by predators while it digs through the earth in search of food. The thread snake is found in tropical and arid regions worldwide, and its lack of speed ...

By the time snake catcher Dylan Cooper had finished digging through the mulch, he’d recovered a total of 102 snakes - five adults and 97 newborns, Reptile Relocation Sydney owner Cory Kerewaro ...

Visitors to Louisianna might fear an alligator encounter, but if you steer clear of a swamp tour, you may miss the story of ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids, like ...

NORTH HAVEN — A pet snake found abandoned on the side of the Route 40 connector has died, according to North Haven Animal Control. North Haven Animal Control posted about the snake Sunday at ...

A pet snake that was found abandoned on the Route 40 Connector in North Haven has died. Photos posted by North Haven Animal Control on Sunday show the snake in a tank on the side of the road.