Despite having a reputation for being evil, snakes are fascinating, diverse, and intelligent animals that play a vital role in maintaining the ecosystem. As of 2025, there are just over 4,100 ...

Learn how this non-venomous snake with no teeth scares away its enemies by mimicking more deadly snake species.

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

Discover how to identify copperheads and kingsnakes and see which serpent wins when these two powerful predators face off in ...

There’s an old saying: You are what you eat. The idea is that if you eat healthy, your body is in better shape. If you eat nothing but candy, your teeth and hair may fall out because you aren’t ...

One of Georgia’s revered indigo snakes astonished researchers when it suddenly regurgitated three other snakes, including a rattlesnake that eventually sprang back to life. The indigo snake was only 4 ...