While the vast majority of Texas' snakes are completely harmless, about 15% are venomous, including rattlesnakes, ...

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

Six venomous snake species reside in South Carolina, with the copperhead being the most common. Timber rattlesnakes are rare ...

The intriguing new species, spanning around four feet and one inch in length, was found to have a "matte black" coloring.

Appearance: Copperhead snakes are generally about three feet in length as adults, with a light brown base ... are black bands outlined by two pale lines that cover the snake's eye areas.

I'd say 95 per cent of our snake calls are for black snakes. Only two per cent are for brown snakes. We don't come across them that often but that's not to say they're not common,' Mr Pols said.

Herpetologist Fred Kraus discovered a new arboreal snake species, Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island in Papua New Guinea.

The timber rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in Nebraska ... This species can be identified by its reddish-brown banded coloring and yellow-grey or black markings. These markings progress down ...

Experts have long blamed the decline of the Coorong on decades of over-extraction of water to irrigate the Murray–Darling ...

What is Arizona’s most venomous snake? It turns out, the most poisonous isn't the most dangerous in the state. Here's what to ...