Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A fight between a 15-foot king cobra and a giant monitor lizard was recently caught on camera by an Indian forest ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with ...

A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named Breugnathair elgolensis, the “false snake of Elgol” combined hook-like, ...

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. The News & Observer spoke with local wildlife experts to learn about these reptiles — where they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of a lizard, you probably think of a scaly reptile with a tail and four visible limbs. The thing is, not all ...

Q. We found a snake in our yard in Charleston, but have been unable to identify it from pictures in a field guide or on the web. Is it an exotic species? A. I get this query every year and send the ...