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 ...

It is illegal to kill snakes in Tennessee unless they pose an immediate threat to humans or livestock. Arkansas law also protects snakes, listing them as a "species of concern" due to declining ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Snakes are dying in a Great Kills park due to a fault in the drainage there, sparking a public outcry among visitors, local environmentalists say. A large number of DeKay’s brown ...

Guess which snake species you’re most likely to encounter in the Inland Northwest? Hint: It’s not the western rattlesnake. Not even close. Chances are, you called it a “garden snake” when you were a ...

Watching thousands of snakes writhing together may not be for everybody, but at the Narcisse Snake Dens, it is the ultimate springtime spectacle. For decades, snakes were believed to be solitary ...