The cottonmouth, or water moccasin, is often regarded as one of the most dangerous snakes in the southern United States.

ARKANSAS, USA — Temperatures are warming up, and people are getting out in droves to access the many hiking trails, bikeways, and other outdoor offerings across the Natural State. However, people aren ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...

Wildlife researchers trekked through the tall grass in north Florida, unbothered by the long, slithering “apex predator” species in their hands. The researchers were at the Apalachicola Bluffs and ...

Biologists released 42 Eastern indigo snakes into their increasingly uncommon environment, the longleaf pine ecosystem in the Florida Panhandle. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators. The conservation program has now released 209 Eastern ...