Among the 5,000 existing species of mammals, more than 100 have their genome sequenced, whereas the genomes of only 9 species of reptiles (among 10,000 species) are available to the scientific ...

An American species of snake was captured slithering on the veranda of a flat in a Scottish high rise, with animal rescue officials asking for the public's help in finding the reptile's owner. In a ...

This snake, believed to be a snow corn snake, was found in Lucan yesterday & taken to Lucan Garda Station where it was looked after for the night before being taken to the National Exotic Animal ...