How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

Damian Lettoof is affiliated with the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, the Ecological Society of Australia and the Society of Environmental ...

While nursing her newborn baby, a mother of three in North Carolina saw something that made her heart stop. Entwined among her children's plastic dinosaurs, Jennifer Miyakawa Cloke caught sight of a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A snake bite can be scary, especially for a child. Being bitten by a venomous snake can cause severe tissue damage and even death. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency ...

Water snakes are non-venomous snakes found in North America that, true to their name, like to spend time in or around water. Water snakes are often confused with water moccasin snakes (also called ...

For no good reason, snakes freak me out. I’ve never been bitten by a snake; one has never crawled into my tent. Yet something about them sparks an instant jolt of fear every time I see one slither ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The smile on Finn Lodwick’s face lights up the room at the Yampa Valley Autism Program center in Steamboat Springs where the 9-year-old has just wrapped up a therapy session with ...

The world of snakes is equal parts fascinating and fear-inducing. Some folks keep them as scaly companions, while others would sprint in the opposite direction at the mere hint of a slither. Love them ...

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are venomous snakes found throughout the southeastern U.S. that can be identified by the white color in their mouths. When you purchase through links ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI-- Reese Hayes had no fear as a snake slid through his hands on Saturday at the Hansen Nature Trail near Millennium Park. The West Kelloggsville Elementary first-grader proudly showed ...

JONESBORO, Ga. - A terrified Jonesboro mom reached out to FOX 5 Atlanta after discovering not one, but two snakes inside her apartment at The Woods on Tara Boulevard. Neither of them belong to her.