It is easy to assume that an egg found outdoors belongs to a bird. Most people do. Eggs feel familiar, almost ordinary, until you come across one somewhere unexpected. Under a log. In a pile of leaves ...

You wake up, head out to check your mail, and see a collection of small, strange eggs nestled in the grass. Are you looking at a clutch of snake or bird eggs? The clues as to whether the eggs are the ...

When you're trying to detect and identify snakes in your yard, a clutch of eggs in the grass or under a squash vine could be an indicator of snake activity. However, eggs on the ground aren't ...

Following are questions readers have asked about snakes in and around the house. They sometimes send photos to help with identification. Q. We've been trying to clean out the weir of our freshwater, ...