I recently had a conversation with a friend about staying in a hotel versus vacation rental options. I have family and friends who routinely book short-term rentals advertised on websites like Airbnb ...

Lots of snakes can detect heat, but only three families evolved true infrared targeting. Meet the most iconic predator from ...

Discovered in Barbados in 2006, this worm-sized snake went misidentified for a century — and now, it may disappear before ...

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

While the vast majority of Texas' snakes are completely harmless, about 15% are venomous, including rattlesnakes, ...

SC has native venomous snakes like copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes. SCDNR advises people to avoid snakes and to ...

The intriguing new species, spanning around four feet and one inch in length, was found to have a "matte black" coloring.

Imagine a world millions of years ago, teeming with creatures unlike anything we see today. Among them slithered animals that ...

El Chuco has only one, venomous, species of snake - rattlesnakes - and they're very reclusive. Unless you're out in the ...

One very easy way to prevent them is to keep our grass cut short. Snakes love to hide in taller grass. Tall grass keeps them ...

The venomous copperhead is out and about in South Carolina once more. Here’s what to know about keeping them away from your home.

Rodents and larger insects can also create holes in the ground that are perfect spaces for snake nests. These holes can be found embedded in grass, in piles of dirt or sand, or under piles of logs or ...