The Northern water snake can be found living and swimming along the banks of the Mississippi River. It uses its long body to ...

Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...

Animals like Eastern Hognose Snakes and Lemon Sharks enter a state of complete immobility and play dead to deter predators.

A cute and crawly kingsnake with two heads is chowing on mice and chilling with its keepers at the East Bay Vivarium in ...

Bennett True set a goal last summer that others might find unthinkable: to give a live demonstration with highly venomous ...

Fred Kraus, a researcher in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, was studying ...

Some animals have evolved to fake their own deaths, a behaviour known as "thanatosis" or "death feigning," as a defence ...

It was slithering all around the sand, chasing people,” said the mom who captured the video and was at the beach with her frightened young children.

Understand the reality of anaconda snakes in the Florida Everglades and how to stay prepared in their territory.

Thanks to the dedicated actions of several conservation groups, the eastern indigo snake is making a comeback in Florida!

Blood from a snake enthusiast who's been bitten hundreds of times aided the search for a universal snakebite treatment ...

But in Ocean City, Maryland, last Saturday, it was a large snake emerging from the ocean that created a major spectacle. The ...