You’re enjoying the evening breeze in your California backyard when you notice something dark and scaly slithering up a tree branch, Startled, you take a second look — and catch a glimpse of an ...

The captain of a charter boat who was fishing off the Florida Keys spotted a deadly species of rattlesnake swimming in the ocean. Instead of finding fish, Ted Wilson found a five-foot Eastern ...

As you can see from the photograph featured in today’s column, snakes can swim. The picture, taken by a marine deputy with the Boise County Sheriff’s Office earlier this month, shows a large gopher ...

Hilton Head Island lifeguards spotted a venomous rattlesnake slinking quietly across a Sea Pines beach Monday morning. The sandy serpent was relocated and no beachgoers were hurt, according to Shore ...

Snakes — even when they're not venomous or monstrously huge (looking at you, anacondas!), many people are still afraid of them. According to a 2016 study published in medical journal Psychiatry ...

Some snake species defy expectations by effortlessly gliding through the air or swimming with remarkable agility. These fascinating reptiles, from aquatic sea kraits to airborne tree snakes like ...