Snakes are found all over the United States, even in Lakes. What are the most snake infested lakes in the United States?

Reptiles often evoke images of cold-blooded stillness, but in the wild, many of these creatures are anything but ordinary. Some can sprint across water, others glide through treetops like dragons, and ...

When one imagines snakes, the mind often wanders to sunny, lush places: jungles, deserts, tropical forests. But nature loves ...

Water sticks to the snakes’ backs because of special properties of their scales. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Water is scarce for many creatures in the Sonoran Desert in ...

Over the Fourth of July weekend last summer, I drove down to Washington to visit my cousin, Matt. Two of our friends – Jie and Ben – joined us from Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, respectively, and we headed ...

Mississippi has six venomous snake species: Water Moccasins, Timber Rattlesnakes, Pygmy Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, and Copperheads. Venomous snakes like cottonmouths ...

These snakes help tremendously with keeping rodents and pests away and are essential to balancing ecosystems. Eastern Hognose Snake: These snakes have broad heads and pointed up-turned snouts. They ...