Personally, I love snakes, but many people can't say the same. Whether you like them or not, they play a beneficial role in your garden's ecosystem (if you want to keep your plants, anyway). This ...

With the falling autumn leaves, lots of critters find their clever hiding spots under the deadfall, including branches and other brush. One such animal is the copperhead snake, and October is baby ...

It'sssssss baby copperhead snake season! This species reproduces in the spring and typically gives birth between late August and early September. They are most likely to be encountered in Missouri, ...

Adult brown (or dekay) snake. At full grown, they are about a foot long. Courtesy of Talena Chavis. On social media sites, seemingly every snake in every photo is identified as a venomous copperhead.

Q: This garden snake [in the photo accompanying this article] was in my yard a couple of weeks ago. I think it has to be an eastern garden snake, but it is much bigger than any I’ve ever seen. (About ...

Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary in Elm is expecting 40 baby corn snakes this month – and you can watch the live stream of the corn snakes hatching here. Some of the snakes began hatching Tuesday, ...

WITH TEMPEREATURES AROUND 98 DEGREES OUTSIDE. THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE A CAR CAN BE 119- DEGREES. WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT IN A STORY WE BROUGHT TO YOU BACK IN ...

Labor Day and St. Patrick’s Day have an environmental aspect in common. Each one represents a seasonal guidepost of increased snake activity. Many U.S. snakes emerge from winter dormancy in March, ...

They are the Rodney Dangerfield’s of the world of wildlife. They may be feared, but snakes just don’t get any respect. And that’s a fact. Most folks would sooner blast a snake to smithereens than to ...