Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep ...

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary ...

There are 16 species of rattlesnakes found in the United States. The “rattle” comes from the signature noise these slithering ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of krait, Bungarus sagittatus, in the mountains of western Thailand. It’s as beautiful as it is deadly. Kraits are a highly venomous group of snakes found in ...

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 ...