Imagine spotting this gorgeous, highly elusive snake on your trip to Southeast Asia. That’s just what happened to one ...

Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep populations of mice, squirrels, other small animals and even insects ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

New research suggests an enormous snake may have once called India home. Fossilized vertebrae found near a coal mine in western India indicate that the snake was between 36 feet and 50 feet long. This ...

A snake measuring more than 3 feet has been euthanized in Hawaii after children were spotted playing with the serpent. On Monday, agricultural inspectors captured the snake in Pukalani, on the island ...

People may associate large snakes with tropical regions like Brazil and Africa. However, many types of large snakes live a ...

Snakes might not top everyone’s list of favorite creatures, but there’s no denying they’ve mastered the art of growing long, heavy, and—let’s be honest—pretty intimidating. A few are so big their ...

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes snakes. In fact you could say it is a snake utopia, with a wide range of habitats, a warm climate, and a steady supply of food. We’ll ...

World Snake Day is July 16, but at The Clarion-Ledger, we're having Snake Week. After all, sharks have their own week, so why not snakes? From July 15-19, The Clarion-Ledger will publish a ...

She was told she was rescuing a python, but what she found isn't exotic. It's a harmless species of snake native to Mississippi and commonly encountered, but this particular snake is about as rare as ...

There are no venomous snakes that call Rhode Island home, but the bad news for people with ophidiophobia is there are snakes in Rhode Island that can grow to 8 feet long. There are 12 snakes native to ...