Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. Image via Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Can you guess which states have ...

Imagine stumbling across a den with hundreds of rattlesnakes. You'll want to turn up the volume for this one to hear their ...

Snakes, admired and feared, often live longer in captivity due to fewer threats. Lifespans differ by species; king cobras can live 20-25 years in the wild, reaching up to 30 in captivity.

That’s why many snake species, including prairie rattlesnakes ... The rattlesnakes seen in the video above are prairie rattlesnakes in Montana. Prairie rattlesnakes can be found from ...

Medicine Rocks State Park is about as far off the beaten path as you can get without actually leaving the country. It’s ...

Image by spineback via Depositphotos. The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, found in the southeastern U.S., is the largest rattlesnake species. Its distinctive diamond-shaped pattern along its back and ...

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Both the king cobra and rattlesnake are highly evolved predators. However, the king cobra would likely win due to its superior size, speed, and partial immunity to venom. The king cobra's ...

The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September ...

The eastern massasauga rattlesnake, a small pit viper, is usually found in the northern midwest of the U.S. and in Ontario, Canada. It is a species that rarely bites people because it is shy and ...

“It is a behavior that is seen in several different species of snakes,” said Scott Boback, a herpetologist and ecologist at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. But “most of that information ...