Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...

Quick Take Dominating Yellowstone as the largest reptile requires reaching lengths up to 72 inches without using venom.

Snakes are very rarely considered mobile animals, let alone moving over great distances. However, mobility allows many ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native ...

When one imagines snakes, the mind often wanders to sunny, lush places: jungles, deserts, tropical forests. But nature loves ...

There’s nothing like that first spring salad you’ve been babying for weeks. And there’s nothing like walking out one damp ...

Garter snakes can survive being frozen solid for hours. Here’s how evolution, biochemistry and behavior have allowed them to ...

Occasionally, you may see garden snakes out sunning themselves on nice winter days if there’s been a stretch of warm-ish days. But they’re not out hunting and will head back to their hiding places in ...

Texas is home to more than 100 snake species, including the western diamondback rattlesnake, which was recently documented ...

Snakes are found all over the United States, even in Lakes. What are the most snake infested lakes in the United States?

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

The red-sided garter snake can survive with around half of the water inside its body frozen, at temperatures of -2.5 °C (27.5 ...