New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of features seen in snakes and geckos—two very distant relatives. One of the ...

Q. We found a snake (photo attached) in Charleston, South Carolina, but have been unable to identify it from a field guide or the Web. Is it an exotic species? A. I get this query every year and send ...

If you have a fear of snakes, you're not alone. Studies show ophidiophobia is one of the most common of all animal phobias, coming in just behind arachnophobia – the fear of spiders. So, when you're ...