Massachusetts is home to 14 different kinds ... Habitat101: This Northern Water Snake eats fish and frogs it finds in the cattail marsh. Basking in the sun aids digestion after a meal.

In Massachusetts, people are likely to see garter, ribbon, milk, black racer, and water snakes. Their habitat depends on what they eat. Water snakes have a little bit of a pattern to them ...

Most snakes in Massachusetts are relatively harmless ... Washing it with soap and water can help.

BOSTON (AP) — A plan by the state to establish a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on an off-limits island in Massachusetts' largest body of water has ... public's aversion to snakes ...

Water snakes trick their fish prey into swimming directly into their ... Image: Ryan Somma, Wikimedia commons"It's a very clever ma Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as ...

Most snakes in Massachusetts are relatively harmless ... Washing it with soap and water can help. As with the timber rattlesnake, don't use a tourniquet and don't try to suck the venom out ...