The Guangxi Reed Snake uses its tail to mimic a second head, holding it up in the air to confuse predators ...

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 ...

Despite the heron's strength and agility as a predator, snakes will put up a good fight when hunted by this bird.

Vasuki indicus was a gigantic prehistoric constrictor that may have surpassed Titanoboa as the largest snake ever discovered, reaching lengths of up to 15 meters and weighing nearly a ton. Living ...

The evolution of snakes, believed to have emerged around 160 million years ago from ancestral lizards, remains a scientific ...

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 ...

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may rank among the largest ever to slither across Earth. Named Vasuki indicus ...

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

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

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 ...