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The Barbados threadsnake, a species lost to science for 20 years, was found during an ecological survey on Barbados by the Barbados Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification and Re:wild in March 2025. Image courtesy of Connor Blades

World’s smallest snake spotted by scientists in Barbados after 20-year absence

Liz Kimbrough 23 Jul 2025
Dendrelaphis melanarkys or black net tree snake. Photo by Fred Kraus.

Four new snake species discovered in Papua New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2025
A red sand boa. Image by Sagar khunte via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Superstitions fuel trafficking of India’s red sand boa

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2025
Zeeshan Mirza with one of the new tarantula species from the Western Ghats. Mirza has discovered several species of reptiles in India as well. Photo courtesy of Mirza.

Exploring India, finding new species: Interview with biologist Zeeshan Mirza

Liz Kimbrough 27 Mar 2025
Scientists describe a new parrot snake species from the Brazilian Cerrado. Image courtesy of Diego Santana.

New species of parrot snake described in Brazil’s threatened Cerrado

Shanna Hanbury 6 Mar 2025

Wild Targets

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2025
Why is this snake one of the most trafficked species in India? | Wild Targets

Why is this snake one of the most trafficked species in the world? | Wild Targets

Shatabdi Chakrabarti 29 Jan 2025
The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Liz Kimbrough 26 Dec 2024

Four of a kind: King cobra is a quad of species, not one, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Oct 2024
A Russell's viper.

Bangladesh introduces awareness initiatives to curb panic over Russell’s vipers

Abu Siddique 14 Aug 2024

As climate change shakes up global map of venomous snakes, health risks abound

Suzana Camargo 5 Aug 2024
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) are one of several species of roadkill snakes examined for microplastic in this study. They are listed as vulnerable on the endangered species list. Credit: Image by Dr. Anand Titus and Geeta N Pereira via Wikimedia Commons (CC license)

Scientists in Thailand collect roadkill to learn about microplastics

Bobby Bascomb 20 Jul 2024
Red diamond rattlesnakes, native to southwest California in the U.S. and Baja California in Mexico, are important predators in their ecosystems.

Studying snakes without rattling them? There’s now tech for that

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 Jun 2024
A lesser black krait in West Bengal, India.

Small, secretive & highly venomous snake seen for first time in Nepal’s hills

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Feb 2024
One of the six newly described chameleons from Tanzania

Photos: Top species discoveries from 2023

Liz Kimbrough 27 Dec 2023
Rock gecko

For Vietnam’s rare reptiles, lack of captive populations may spell doom

Carolyn Cowan 21 Sep 2023
Tachymenoides harrisonfordi

It had to be a snake: New species from Peru named after Harrison Ford

Liz Kimbrough 29 Aug 2023
An Andean motmot.

‘What we need to protect and why’: 20-year Amazon research hints at fate of tropics

Justin Catanoso 24 Jul 2023

Rattlesnakes can calm down their friends, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 12 Jul 2023
A Russell's viper

Resurgence of deadly Russell’s viper prompts Bangladesh to develop antivenom

Abu Siddique 26 Apr 2023
A red coral kukri

Red coral kukri sightings in Bangladesh prompt call to save rare snake habitat

Rafiqul Islam 24 Apr 2023
A Micrelaps vaillanti

Scientists make ‘rare’ new identification of snake family: Micrelapidae

Mactilda Mbenywe 21 Apr 2023

Newly described DiCaprio’s snake and others threatened by mining in Ecuador and Panama

Liz Kimbrough 23 Feb 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022
A king cobra in Nepal.

Nepal conservationists work to overturn ‘all snakes are venomous’ mindset

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Jun 2022

Study casts doubt on sustainability of regulated blood python snakeskin trade

Basten Gokkon 2 Jun 2022

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021

New Himalayan snake found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 18 Nov 2021

For sea snakes, underwater sex is a washout more often than not

Jansen Baier 5 Aug 2021

Reptile traffickers trawl scientific literature, target newly described species

Pavel Toropov 26 May 2021
The new krait species Bungarus suzhenae. Photo by Dr Li Ding (CC-BY 4.0).

Deadly new snake named after mythical Chinese goddess of healing

Liz Kimbrough 21 Apr 2021

Skin in the game? Reptile leather trade embroils conservation authority

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Apr 2021

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