The sepulchral serpents – all types of ground snakes, which spend most of their lives underground – are said to be "small, cylindrical, and rather archaic-looking". As such, they are known as a ...

Atractus dunni, an Ecuadorian ground snake first discovered in 1955. The Atractus genus has more species than any other genus of snakes. There are 140 different members, 33 of which were discovered in ...

Mollie and I were headed out one day when we came on a neighbor parked on the wrong side of the road and out of her car. Not something you drive by without at least asking, so we pulled in behind her.

A snake that actually looks like many different snakes. It sounds like a riddle. It sort of is. The Great Plains ground snake (Sonora episcopa) is a shape shifter, taking on many different colors and ...

Three new species of subterranean snake have been found in Ecuador, living beneath graves and churches in remote towns in the Andes mountains. The sepulchral serpents – all types of ground snakes, ...