One of Europe’s largest snake species is crawling up walls and into attics in the UK, seeking warmth for breeding, scientists say in a new study. Aesculapian snakes, which grow up to 7ft long, are not ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Ellen Trout Zoo is seeing success in an ongoing effort to breed and help save an endangered snake species. Robert Jackson is a General Curator with Ellen Trout Zoo. He’s ...

Decades of efforts to save a rare snake from extinction led Tennessee scientists to the idea of using frozen sperm — which has now resulted in the successful hatching of three Louisiana pine snakes.

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A recently amended law makes it illegal for Missourians to keep an energetic yet harmless snake mostly found in sand prairies in Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties. The ...

Steve Reichling has done many things in his 47-year career as a snake researcher at the Memphis Zoo, but one of the more exciting tasks is wrangling wild Louisiana Pine Snakes. Several researchers at ...

RIDGELAND – More than 50 snakes were seized this week after being discovered as part of a clandestine breeding operation. “The investigation indicates that an individual had been breeding the snakes ...

Black racer snakes are known to be fast, with some reaching speeds of 8-10 mph, which is a pretty good clip, especially for a ...

A new breed of venomous snake has been discovered in Australia. The desert whip snake has been mistaken as a different species for decades due to common characteristics with the yellow-faced whip ...

Quick Take Reaching a size 5 times larger than males is a biological benchmark for breeding females. Holding breath for 10 minutes underwater dictates the specific aquatic reach of the green anaconda.