I have answered questions about snakes for decades. During the last two, with the advent of camera phones, I enjoy being able to identify snakes people encounter. Equally enjoyable is educating folks ...

Snakes undergo brumation, a period of inactivity during winter, similar to hibernation. Here are 7 strange things snakes do ...

A new study, led by a researcher from the Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences at King's College London, has identified key differences in tooth replacement between snakes and other ...

Snakes do not just sleep in winter. They enter brumation, a state of low activity. Climate change makes winters unpredictable ...

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 never ...

When it comes to animal identification, people are often quick to imagine they are seeing something truly bizarre (and non-existent) than they are to conclude that they have seen something truly ...

A rat snake in Maryland is on the road to recovery after she accidentally swallowed a gear shift knob, an animal rehabilitation organization wrote on its Instagram page. "This rat snake was one of the ...

There are spiders that eat snakes. Observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Researchers consolidated and analyzed over 300 reports of this unusual predation strategy.