The success of the east Devon reintroduction is largely due to the dedicated team of RSPB volunteers. A total of 3,250 hours ...

A project to reintroduce the non-venomous species in Pebblebed Heaths in east Devon has seen numbers consistently hit new ...

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of the oldest relatively complete lizard fossils and helps scientists better ...

A fourth species of snake is now breeding in the wild, despite the UK's cold climate being typically unsuitable for its survival. The two-metre-long Aesculapian snake has been monitored by Tom Major ...

Lead author Dr Roger Benson says the fossil may show that snake ancestors were very different to what we expected ...

According to the Wildlife Trust, the adder is the UK's only venomous snake. Still, its venom is generally of little danger to humans: an adder bite can be painful and cause inflammation but is really ...