SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A diamondback rattlesnake with a peculiar "pattern mutation" is getting a lot of attention online after the animal was reportedly found in a Scottsdale backyard.

On Sudest Island in southern Papua New Guinea, researchers identified a new snake species named Aspidomorphus dimorphus after ...

My relationship with snakes is checkered. It is unfortunate we are so ingrained to be fearful of snakes. They really have no ...

Callie Phillips, a TikTok creator, reveals her shocking struggle with a garter snake infestation in her Montana ranch house, ...

Garter snakes are among the most common and widely distributed snakes in the United States, with populations in nearly every ...

Michigan is filled with refreshing lakes worthy of exploration. But some have snake populations that don't take kindly to visitors. We've name-dropped a few.

Michigan has 18 snake species, most of which are harmless and beneficial to the ecosystem. Five common Michigan snakes ...

After Michigan's snakes hibernate and endure the cold months, they emerge from hibernation in spring, Huron-Clinton ...

Story continues below this ad The star of the show? The red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). When the weather begins to warm—typically in late April to early May—males emerge first ...

Meanwhile, back in 2022 a flight from Florida and was just about to land in New Jersey when a passenger spotted a slithery snake in business class. After alerting cabin crew to the garter snake ...

Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon.