Many people have an innate fear of snakes. This fear is an evolutionary one that kept people from being harmed long ago. However, today, these creatures get a bad rap even from those who have never ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Snakes are dying in a Great Kills park due to a fault in the drainage there, sparking a public outcry among visitors, local environmentalists say. A large number of DeKay’s brown ...

Guess which snake species you’re most likely to encounter in the Inland Northwest? Hint: It’s not the western rattlesnake. Not even close. Chances are, you called it a “garden snake” when you were a ...