Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.

The language children hear about snakes may shape their fear and attitudes, but simple exposure can soften that effect.

Snakes are creepy enough with their hissing, silent slithering, and potential for venomous bites. But new research has uncovered another reason to fear snakes. It turns out that snakes have exhibited ...

A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery ...

How do snakes manage to swallow and digest animals that are bigger than their heads? Unlike humans and many other animals, snakes don’t chew their food. They swallow their prey whole, which can ...

How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at all.

Unlike most snakes, Dumeril’s boas give live birth, protecting embryos internally until fully developed neonates emerge.

SPCA director Cathy Cloutier said this massive animal rescue was one of the largest she's seen in her 27-year animal welfare career Warren County, New York/facebook 129 snakes and hundreds of rats ...

"Although they are not my favorite species …" Concerning image captures massive snake slithering across busy road: 'We couldn ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — When an ostrich was spotted weaving through traffic on Louise Ave. in Sioux Falls this week, Sioux Falls Animal Control was called, but they themselves made a call while on ...

The colorful milk snake was found under a neighbor's compost pile yards away from the reptile's home ...