Snakes are one of the earth’s creatures you either love or hate. Some are fascinated with their behavior and movements, while ...

Snakes (Serpentes) live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, which are too cold for these cold-blooded animals. Snakes live in deserts and forests, regardless of whether these ...

They found that venomous snakes use dramatically different strategies to deliver their deadly bites. Vipers and elapids ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

As one of the most biodiverse states in the nation, it should be no surprise Alabama has a variety of snakes slithering around - 49 species and subspecies to be more precise. In fact, the state boasts ...

How we make antivenom has not changed much over the past century. Typically, it involves immunizing horses or sheep with venom from a single snake species and collecting the antibodies produced. While ...

As Floridians enjoy the cooler fall weather outside, they might want to be aware of our slithery neighbors also enjoying the ...

Scientists bought “snake liquor” in North Korea and identified its contents as the country’s first confirmed records of three venomous species of pit vipers. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In hopes of ...

The lakes can be found in Warren, Monmouth, Morris, Sussex and other counties. New Jersey is home to a rich diversity of snake species, and several of its lakes and rivers are teeming with slithering ...