Labor Day and St. Patrick’s Day have an environmental aspect in common. Each one represents a seasonal guidepost of increased snake activity. Many U.S. snakes emerge from winter dormancy in March, ...

Twenty-five years ago, Jurassic Park captured our imagination of what we could unlock by studying tiny insects trapped in amber. But reality has surpassed the fantasy. Paleontologists have already ...

Encountering a snake in Germany often causes alarm at first—and the grass snake is frequently mistaken for being dangerous. It is the most common snake in Germany and has lived closely alongside ...