There are multiple black snake species, and some of these go after rodents and other critters for food, while others will ...

In much of the eastern United States, it’s not uncommon to spot a snake slithering through the leaves, crossing a trail, or hiding near your shed. But knowing whether that snake is venomous or ...

Rhode Island hosts twelve native snake species. All are harmless to humans. The Allegheny rat snake is the state's largest, reaching significant lengt ...

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, most snake species are non-venomous; over 70% of the 3,700+ known snake species fall ...

Even a first glance suggests that the common name "black snake" suggests a dark snake slithering around. True, but an incredibly wide range of snake genera that live anywhere around the world fall ...

New York is home to 17 snake species, but only three of them are poisonous. The poisonous species of snakes in New York are rarely seen, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation says, but ...

Q. In a recent column you said bushmasters are the largest pit vipers in the world. I was told pit vipers have vertical pupils, which is one way to determine if a snake is venomous. However, you ...

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WIAT) — As the weather warms up, people might start noticing more snakes out and about, especially copperheads and rat snakes in central Alabama. “I would say early to mid-April ...

Tiger-Lily, a nearly three-foot-long western rat snake found in 2017 in southwest Missouri, will be at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center until Sept. 28. A two-headed snake may sound ...