Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...

A rustle in the leaves might reveal more than just a passing breeze—it could be a brown snake. Despite their plain name, brown snakes are remarkably diverse, ranging from small, harmless garden snakes ...

Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep populations of mice, squirrels, other small animals and even insects ...

Things can get complicated when we refer to “brown snakes.” Brown snakes can mean snakes that are colored brown. However, brown snakes can also refer to the common name for non-venomous American brown ...

Here’s what garden snakes do to escape winter’s chill.

A friend posted a photograph of a small brown snake on her social media page this past summer; she found it curled under a bush in her yard and wanted to know if, by chance, it was a copperhead or ...