Snakes require specific care and commitment, making them suitable only for dedicated owners. Popular pet snake families include Boidae, Pythonidae, and Colubridae, with species like Ball Python, ...

Green Snake Species Profile. Story by Lianne McLeod, DVM • 1y. Characteristics, Housing, Diet, and Other Information. Rough and smooth green snakes are closely related, ...

The name "black snake" might sound straightforward, but it actually covers a range of species found across the globe. These snakes come in all shapes and sizes, from small and sleek to long and ...

Despite their fearsome reputation, only one in 500 snakebites in the U.S. are fatal thanks to widespread access to antivenom ...

Florida is home to 44 native snake species – the most of any other state in the Southeast – so it's not unusual to spot a serpent while you're out and about. Like most other animals, snakes ...

WorldAtlas has released a list of the most snake infested lakes in Louisiana. Find out which lakes have the highest numbers ...

These 5 New Snake Species Suck Snails Out of Their Shells. The names of the snakes were auctioned off, ... and extracted DNA from nearly 100 types of snakes, ...

Kirtland’s snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) has a limited range along the Ohio River.This species has been spotted in the river in a few areas along the Indiana-Kentucky and Ohio-Kentucky borders ...

The researchers looked at dietary information from 882 living snake species—often held in museum collections—and applied a mathematical model to reconstruct the diets of their ancestors.

South Carolina has 38 types of snakes slithering through forests, fields and water. Six are poisonous. That’s a lot, but certainly not all.

There are 3 types of rattlesnakes found in NC. Here’s how to identify them. ... Of the 6 venomous snake species native to N.C., 3 are rattlesnakes – pigmy, timber & Eastern diamondback.