Beyond the typical browns and greens, a world of vibrant snakes exists, adorned with striking colors and patterns. From the ...

As snakes seek warm, dry shelter during the rainy season, encounters in residential areas increase significantly. Knowing which species are venomous and how to distinguish them is important and might ...

Snakes might not top everyone’s list of favorite creatures, but there’s no denying they’ve mastered the art of growing long, ...

Snakes (Serpentes) live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, which are too cold for these cold-blooded ...

Massasaugas eat small mammals such as voles, moles, jumping mice and shrews, but also will consume other snakes, and occasionally birds and frogs. Animals that prey on the snakes include hawks ...

They can have brown, grayish brown or tan scales with a noticeable pattern of dark spots in a row on their sides. they have cream or light pink colored belly. They can grow to be 9 to 20 inches ...

Snakes and spiders are the most dangerous wild animals in the Fayetteville area. Black widow and brown recluse spiders are dangerous, but rarely deadly. Copperheads are the most common venomous ...

A new species of a small typhlopid snake is described from Ibiraba, in the sand- dune area of the left bank of Rio São Francisco, State of Bahia, Brazil. Typhlops amoipira sp. nov. is a small, light ...

Appearance: Copperhead snakes are generally about three feet in length as adults, with a light brown base color and contrasting dark brown, hourglass-shaped pattern. Young snakes often have yellow ...

You can identify a sidewinder by the raised scales above its eyes, which resemble small horns on its triangular head. It is a heavy-bodied pit viper with a light brown body and darker markings ...

The Eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake species in North America, and these snakes are typically a brown or brownish-yellow color with dark brown or black diamonds along ...