(RNS) — Snake-handling Pentecostals may be on the fringe of American religious culture, but a new opera brings their exuberant worship and rockabilly-inspired music to center stage this week. “Taking ...

The discovery of the Snake Goddess made researchers focus on the mysterious religion of Minoan Crete and its connection of later Greek myths ...

WASHINGTON | Just when you thought reality television couldn't get more bizarre ... How about a star who handles poisonous snakes? He's not a herpetologist dedicated to risking his life to advance ...

April 25 (UPI) --Archaeologists have found evidence that an early hunter-gatherer consumed an entire venomous snake. The complete undigested remains of the snake -- minus one fang -- were found inside ...