Learn the key differences in appearance behavior and danger between these two snakes often confused in the wild.

Many of us know snakes are ectothermic reptiles that regulate their body temperature behaviorally by using shade, burrows, warm rocks, and even metabolic heat from digestion. But not everyone is aware ...

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

The Arabian sand boa lives in Arabian deserts. It has unique eyes and hunts at night. These snakes bury in sand to ambush geckos. They are small, gold ...

The Brahminy blind snake native to Southeast Asia, is the most widely distributed animal. It is a small, non- poisonous snake which only includes females and no males. And due to this fact they ...

Walsh, Timothy F., Ernst, C., and Laemmerzahl, A. F. 1999. "Reproduction of the rufous-beaked snake, Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Colubridae, Lamphrophinae)." The ...

A very special clutch of snakelets have just arrived at Memphis Zoo, USA, born through a methodology that marks a world-first for reptile reproduction. They are Louisiana pinesnakes (Pituophis ...

Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate and is driven by human activity: contamination, greenhouse gases and extreme temperatures. But how exactly do these factors affect the reproduction and ...

Give a male garter snake a taste of estrogen and watch out, as the hormone turns these lads into the sexiest thing on the block, attracting dozens of other males eager to mate. The finding, published ...