'If you aren’t used to snakes, having one turn up in your house in the middle of the night is probably going to freak you out,' said animal expert Jamie Mintram Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...

A yard with flowery trees and green bushes - Dejavu Designs/Getty Images Your yard is alive with wild animals. From sing-song birds to mischievous squirrels to — snakes? That's right: snakes are ...

The night snake, whose scientific classification is Hypsiglena torquata, is a small nocturnal snake found in a broad but ...

From navigation to social behavior to personality, scientists are rewriting what it means to be a clever snake. Here’s what ...

Snakes may have a reputation for being mysterious or even frightening, but many species are surprisingly docile. Even in ...

Fossils unearthed in Gujarat, India, reveal an exceptionally large snake from the Eocene era, approximately 47 million years ...

"I've found snakes on bed frames before. But never inside a pillow," snake catcher Daniel Busstra said Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Illinois is home to 40 species of snakes, four of which are venomous. A venomous snake bite is usually not fatal to humans, but it can cause tissue or nerve damage. And, while the ...

Japan's islands teem with diverse snake species, from harmless rat snakes controlling pests to the venomous mamushi.

Texas is home to four types of venomous snakes — copperheads, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes and coral snakes — according to TPWD ...

Don't worry about monsters under the bed. What about snakes under the sofa? On Monday, Oct. 7, the ARK Wildlife & Dinosaur Park in Lincolnshire, England, revealed on Facebook that it received a call ...