Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Snakes are typically regarded as land-dwelling creatures.

Using the internet to untangle the messy world of animal superlatives (fastest animal, strongest animal, smallest animal, etc.) is inherently risky – partly because many of these questions have a lot ...

On a small, wave-battered island, a short clip of a snake sliding across sun-bleached rock has stirred an outsized amount of curiosity. The footage is sparse on context yet rich in visual detail, ...

On a little-visited island far from major ports, researchers have documented a snake that does not match any species currently described in the scientific literature. The find is still being evaluated ...