Michigan is home to a wide range of different animals, from freshwater crustaceans, venomous snakes and 1,000-pound mammals.

Gray rat snakes are among the most common snakes in Mississippi. Their unique body shape helps them climb almost anything.

Ophidiophobia (the phobia of snakes) is one of the more common phobias psychologists treat today. Some researchers posit that ...

A Collier County teacher is swapping her summer break for a unique adventure—snake hunting in the Everglades. Krista Hoekstra ...

The evolutionary quirks unveiled by the new research offer insight into how a subset of ichthyosaurs lived and hunted– and ...

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

Discover some of the world's rarest snakes. The St. Lucia Racer, Antiguan racer, and Albany adder face critical endangerment.

Many people have an innate fear of snakes. This fear is an evolutionary one that kept people from being harmed long ago. However, today, these creatures get a bad rap even from those who have ...

Will, who operates Rattlesnake Ranch in Cave Creek, takes care of more than 200 rattlesnakes at his private, state-licensed ...

Watch as I take on the challenge of eating snake fruit—will it be as wild as it sounds, or a surprisingly delicious experience?

Have you ever wondered about the rarest snakes on Earth? From two-headed serpents to the incredible flying snakes of ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.