Boston Divito saw a troubling sight on the playground back in December; a few of his classmates were abusing a Garter Snake ...

The nocturnal, low overcast starting to hug the coast right about now will gradually build into “May Gray” and “June Gloom”— ...

Yes, it's possible that you might look up and see a rattlesnake slithering up a tree. Here's some myths to know about Texas' ...

Hall uncoils the complexity of snakes and humans’ love-hate relationship with them in his new book, Slither. Each chapter explores a facet of snake biology — such as locomotion and the ...

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a 4-foot-long creature moved through the overgrown rainforest covering the site of an ...

A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot himself at his family's home, which had at least 30 snakes and a crocodile inside of it, prompting his parents' arrests, authorities said. The 39-year-old mother ...

On an island in Papua New Guinea, a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue made itself at home in a village garden — or it tried to, at least. Locals spotted the “smooth” animal and caught it. They ...

A Dendrelaphis roseni, or Rosen’s tree snake. Photo from and shared by Fred Kraus Rosen’s tree snakes are considered “moderately sized,” reaching about 3 feet, 5 inches in length ...

A retired New Jersey police officer was sentenced to 11 years in state prison after being convicted of first-degree ...