Quick Take 73-inches is the record-breaking length for this snake. The 1.25-pound weight limit creates a physical vulnerability during fights with cottonmouths. Matted scales serve as the primary ...

Most people’s reaction to seeing a snake is a mix of surprise and a sudden urge to be somewhere else, especially if you find ...

I was hiking last week along a forest trail high in the mountains — about 8,000 feet above sea level — when I saw a snake slither across the trail in front of me. Snakes have always frightened me, but ...

The Saint Lucia racer, a tiny subspecies of snake that occurs solely on a minuscule island off the coast of Saint Lucia, is the planet's rarest snake. Having teetered on the edge of extinction, it is ...

NORTH NAPLES, Florida (WBBH) — Two snakes were discovered and removed from a second-story condo in North Naples Wednesday, according to animal trappers with Slethreptiles. The reptiles, black racer ...