When threatened, the gopher snake is particularly known for producing a hoarse hissing sound. It also can curl up its body and vibrate its tail in the manner of a rattlesnake to fool potential ...

And snake-killing contests are harmful to many species besides snakes. To catch rattlesnakes for the events, hunters too often spray gasoline into gopher tortoise burrows, destroying the burrows and ...

"Any other snakes in Arizona that aren't venomous, like a gopher snake, they're not going to have big heads like that. Their heads are going to be about as thick as their neck," Morris said.

Now in its 67th year, attendance at Sweetwater's rattlesnake roundup benefited from mild weather over the weekend as visitors ...

The copperhead and cottonmouth snake species are common to Alabama but how many more are there and what are their habitats?

As the weather gets warmer, snakes will begin to appear. In Louisiana, there are seven venomous snake species. What they are ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous snakes include three different species of rattlesnake, two species of coral ...