This week’s featured creature is fairly common, and it isn’t uncommon for it to venture into residential yards. And because of that, the western rat snake has probably met the business end of a shovel ...

Snakes don’t have arms and legs, but that doesn’t mean they can’t climb. While not all of these slithering reptiles climb, the ones that do, typically do it well. The News & Observer previously spoke ...

It's the time of year when many animals are waking up from a long winter's nap, and that includes snakes. We pulled a Jack Hubley classic from our archives to take a closer look at some of the ...

Even a first glance suggests that the common name "black snake" suggests a dark snake slithering around. True, but an incredibly wide range of snake genera that live anywhere around the world fall ...

New research indicates that, relative to their size, the snakes that can gulp down the largest meals are harmless and three feet long. By Kate Golembiewski Snakes can’t really unhinge their jaws, but ...