I saw the peripheral flutter, felt the abdominal jolt, then found myself doing an ungainly doubletake, courtesy of the puppet-master that is my brain. Lurching backwards, cartoonishly flailing and ...

With Halloween just around the corner, many of us have creepy imagery on the mind, especially as we gear up to decorate our houses with ghosts and goblins and muster up the scariest costumes we can ...

Monkey see, monkey flee Humans' superior vision is the result of an evolutionary battle between snakes and our primate ancestors, a study of monkeys suggests. The study, published today in the ...

For many people, the fear of snakes runs deep. Even the sight of one can send a chill down the spine. In countries like Sri Lanka, where snakes are often spotted near homes, schools, and farms, this ...

To write about the increase in snake encounters in Australia, a journalist had to get hands-on with the slithering reptiles. By Natasha Frost Natasha Frost is a reporter based in Melbourne, Australia.

When an Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake was found dead — having been senselessly killed on the grounds of the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, there was quite a response to the ...