Researchers discovered a new snake species in Madagascar and named it 'ghost snake' for its pale grey coloration and elusiveness. The researchers named it Madagascarophis lolo, pronounced 'luu luu ...

Cat-eyed snakes are one of the most common types of snakes in Madagascar and have vertical pupils. While they’re often found in developed areas and degraded forests, the species discovered at ...

Since then, the blind snakes on Madagascar have changed enough to give rise to a whole new family, added Penn State biologist Blair Hedges, the study's other co-leader. (Related: "Biggest Snake ...

Blind snakes have been discovered to be one of the few species now living in Madagascar that existed there when it broke from India about 100 million years ago, according to a new study.

According to researchers at Kent State University, ophidiophobia, otherwise known as the fear of snakes, is one of the seven most common phobias in the United States. Some scientists, however ...

In a way, its jumps from snakes into frogs in Madagascar — however they occurred — are just bizarrely bigger leaps than usual. Moreover, although transposons can have profound effects on genomes, BovB ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Zoo Knoxville announced on Friday that seven Madagascar tree boas were born. The rare snakes, which were born on Wednesday, were the first successful breeding of the ...

Researchers discovered a new snake species in Madagascar and named it 'ghost snake' for its pale grey coloration and elusiveness. The researchers from the LSU Museum of Natural Science, the ...