Snakes are found all over the United States. But how does the snake population by state break down? In this roundup, we’ve listed the number of snake species you can expect to see in each U.S. state.

Japan is a beautiful and diverse place filled with some of the most amazing animals! As an island chain separated from continental Asia, Japan’s wildlife has had plenty of time to develop some truly ...

When Cassy Richardson fumbled a bit of rubbish near her bin last Easter, she didn't think a whole lot of it. That is until two fangs drove deep into her skin as she reached towards the bottom of her ...

The tiger keelback snake, native to east Asia and Japan, is perhaps the most well-defensed animal known to science. Here’s why. The tiger keelback is truly a freak of nature. Millions of years of ...

If you stroke a snake, its skin feels slick and slippery (ed: or smooth, at any rate). Yet according to a new study by scientists at New York University and Georgia Tech, snakes actually depend on ...

As growing rural suburbs encroach wildlife habitat, and tree-filled urban areas remain ripe with critters to eat, the wet season in Darwin has been keeping snake catchers busy. The after-hours snake ...

Snakes can grow to colossal sizes, although some reports have long been exaggerated. The largest snakes in the world belong to the python and boa families. Which family contains the biggest depends on ...