Garter snakes can survive being frozen solid for hours. Here’s how evolution, biochemistry and behavior have allowed them to ...

Imagine pulling a dusty bone from a museum drawer and realising it doesn’t fit anywhere in nature’s family tree, like finding ...

This ancient, leg-bearing snake is rewriting the story of how serpents slithered, and sometimes walked, their way through evolutionary history.

The snake was likely looking for a warm place to shelter during the winter, according to one wildlife specialist Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering entertainment and culture. She has been ...

As we enter the Year of the Snake, we take the opportunity to revisit the starring roles of this mystic animal in art. Snake is the sixth animal sign in the 12-year zodiac cycle and based on ...

Less than a two-hour-drive south of Belleville, you can spot more than 20 species of snakes on a hike shorter than 3 miles. “I don’t think you can do that anywhere else in North America,” Mark ...

With the arrival of summer, more and more people are getting outside to enjoy Alabama’s parks and forests. That also means more Alabamians are coming into close contact with snakes, which may strike ...