In this week’s newsletter: the archipelago at the centre of the extreme weather phenomenon could help scientists predict how other marine ecosystems will adapt to our warming climate ...

Asharq Al Awsat Snakes first appeared during the age of dinosaurs, but fossils of many early species are so fragmentary that ...

The evolution of early snakes has always been something of a mystery. But peering into the brain of an ancient fossil may ...

Man' lizard — a herpetologist explains how it flashes red and blue in seconds to win mates and settle rival showdowns.

Snakes are everywhere in our legends and mythology. Yet for most of us, our blood runs cold whenever we encounter these strangely undulating, scaly tubes of muscle slithering through the leaf litter.

Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest ...