There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some dwell underground while others live high in the canopies of trees, and many spend their ...

A new snake species discovered in the Himalayas has been named after Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio to honour the actor and environmentalist. The Anguiculus dicaprioi is a copper-coloured snake with ...

Scientists found a scaly creature with dozens of teeth in the Himalayas and discovered a new species: DiCaprio’s Himalayan snake. Google Street View May 2024 ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the journal Nature ...

Saw-scaled vipers may be small, but they pack a nasty venomous punch. This one, Echis carinatus sochureki, was used in a study on snake venom. When a saw-scaled viper sinks its fangs into a person, it ...

Better hope you don’t get bit by any of these venomous snakes. Top row: Robert Hamilton/Alamy; Wiki Commons; Sam Yue/Alamy. Middle row: Scott Travers; Design Pics Inc/Alamy; Dimitry Orlov/Alamy.

Leonardo DiCaprio now has a new species of snake named in his honor! Researchers first discovered the reptile in the western Himalayas in the summer of 2020, the Miami Herald reported, citing an ...