Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pine cones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what they eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not know that ...

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 ...

There’s another snake that lives in North Carolina that you really, really shouldn’t try to catch or kill: the Eastern kingsnake. It eats copperheads, the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in ...

Critters consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way ...

Vibrant green snakes, masters of camouflage, inhabit diverse global ecosystems from rainforests to savannas. These ...