Water snakes are near the top of the food chain in their fresh-water habitats – unless they happen to share their space with ...

Snakes live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, where it’s too cold for these cold-blooded animals. Snakes live in deserts and forests, whether they are tropical or temperate. They ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pinecones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what pine snakes eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not ...

HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — Alice the albino python had a little too much to eat for dinner. Just hours before its owner, rocker Alice Cooper, was to take the stage at a theater in Wallingford last weekend, ...

PINE SPRINGS, TX -- You may want to think twice the next time you want to get up close and personal with the squirrels that hang out in your local park. The National Park Service sent out this picture ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons are spread out across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida. The first record of a Burmese python in the Everglades was in 1979. Since then, they've ...

Montana may seem like a state that would be a snake’s playground, but in reality, there are only 10 snake species that call Montana home. Of those species, the majority do not pose any harm to people, ...