Thanks to its humidity, the Cotton State is home to plenty of snakes. Discover the most dangerous snakes in Alabama.

Sun Lixin, 61, is an exception. Sun and his colleagues have guarded Shedao Island or Snake Island for almost four decades, saving the Shedao Island pit viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), a species endemic ...

Yet all of these challenges fail to dampen the guardians' affection for the island and its cold-blooded dwellers. Over the past four decades, they have published nearly 100 thesis papers related to ...

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The New York Times’s Frugal Traveler columnist Elaine Glusac has been on almost any trip you can imagine. She’s learned a ...

According to the Department of Conservation, there are 47 species of snakes in the state, six of which are venomous. "All of our venomous species belong to a group of snakes that we call pit vipers," ...