New genetic and ecological analysis suggests the yellow-bellied kingsnake, found throughout the eastern United States, is actually three distinct species.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Darah Jewell with the Great Plains Nature Center stopped by KSN News at Noon on Tuesday to introduce us to Wu, the speckled king snake, and discuss upcoming events at the ...

What was seen slithering in Citrus Heights is becoming a larger issue: Non-native species not necessarily harmful to humans but damaging to our ecosystem overall.

They’re known as the yellow-belied kingsnake or the prairie kingsnake, slithering from Nebraska to Virginia and Texas to Florida, and now researchers say they’re not one species but three ...

No one knew how the kingsnake could kill and eat snakes larger than itself—until now.