Six-month-old babies show stress responses when viewing images of snakes and spiders, long before they could have learned ...

Summer in Southern Appalachia affords many opportunities to watch and learn more about our diverse species of wildlife. Near the border of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, I see migrating ...

To write about the increase in snake encounters in Australia, a journalist had to get hands-on with the slithering reptiles. By Natasha Frost Natasha Frost is a reporter based in Melbourne, Australia.

So that's why "Snakes on a Plane" gave us the heebie-jeebies! Two University of Virginia researchers have found that humans have a genetic predisposition to be mortally afraid of snakes. "I basically ...

At one exercise studio, goat and puppy yoga are a thing of the past. Now, people can relax while having a snake slither up their backs. LXRYOGA, a studio in Costa Mesa, California, offers the latest ...

For many visitors, the notion of walking through a national park evokes images of gritty trails and gorgeous views (not to ...

The cottonmouth, or water moccasin, is often regarded as one of the most dangerous snakes in the southern United States.

With Halloween just around the corner, many of us have creepy imagery on the mind, especially as we gear up to decorate our houses with ghosts and goblins and muster up the scariest costumes we can ...