Julia Benzel shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander "Big Mac" a Western hognose snake from Miller Park Zoo Say hello to Big ...

The hognose flips onto its back, gapes its mouth open, lets its tongue dangle, and then releases a foul-smelling musk or sometimes even a fluid that looks like it's oozing from wounds.

Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail (AT) is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world. It’s 2,197 ...

From timber rattlesnakes to garter snakes, discover which snakes live along the Appalachian Trail—and how to stay safe during your hike.

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Hognose snakes, particularly the Eastern and Western varieties, are masters of intimidation despite being mostly harmless. When threatened, they flatten their necks like cobras, hiss loudly, and may ...

The hognose snake is perhaps the most famous practitioner of thanatosis. When threatened, it initially tries to ward off the predator with hissing and false strikes. If these tactics fail, it ...

Melanism, in which a surplus of dark pigment results in an individual snake being almost black, is extremely rare in copperheads, although harmless racers, hognose snakes and rat snakes are often ...

Q. In a recent column you said bushmasters are the largest pit vipers in the world. I was told pit vipers have vertical pupils, which is one way to determine if a snake is venomous. However, you ...