With over 4,000 distinct species of snakes on the planet, it makes sense that some have adapted to overcome their limited mobility compared to their nimble prey, such as rats and rabbits. These ...

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...

PUXICO, Mo. — Most people don't like snakes, regardless of their role in nature. For eons, tales have been spun that have given people a general disdain for and a bad impression of snakes. Fear ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - There's a unique sanctuary for reptiles in Shreveport that specializes in rescuing snakes and reptiles. Steven Kennedy along with his wife, Patricia Kennedy, run Steve's Snaketuary.

For this humble brown reptile to rebound as successfully as other endangered species, conservation history shows that it will ...