On May 28 Stewart shared an Instagram Reel of two snakes intertwined on a gravel path Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Stefanie Lesser is well aware she is not what some people expect when they call a professional snake catcher. The 42-year-old started her business in 2023 at Bathurst, in Central West NSW, and vividly ...

Every year, venomous snakes kill more people worldwide than sharks, lions, and wolves combined—yet most of us barely give ...

If you saw a snake in your backyard, would you know if it was venomous? Sure, it's easy to tell a rattler from a rat snake, but other species are harder to identify. To give us some pointers, the ...

Thanks to a friend who's more observant than I, I recently discovered a new species of reptile in my own backyard. It was a plains garter snake, known by scientists as Thamnophis radix. I should ...

Snakes cause tens of thousands of fatalities annually due to potent venom, aggressive behavior, and high mobility, particularly in rural regions. Conversely, deaths from spider bites are extremely ...