Delaware is home to 19 species of snakes, according to state herpetologist Nate Nazdrowicz, and they're mostly harmless. ...

Seeing a snake slithering through your yard can be quite a shock, especially when you realize your own plant choices might be inviting them in and giving them a cozy home. While homeowners often pick ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Belgrade, in Serbia, has found that dice snakes use a variety of techniques to fool predators into believing they have died. In their paper published in the ...

Biologists released 42 Eastern indigo snakes into their increasingly uncommon environment, the longleaf pine ecosystem in the Florida Panhandle. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Most people panic at the sight of a snake in their yard. However, not all snakes are harmful pests that require removal.

Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators, bred in Lake County. The conservation program has now ...

Eastern indigo snakes eat venomous snakes, and they’re the longest snakes native to the U.S., but they’re non-venomous themselves and aren’t aggressive when approached. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper ...