Many of us know snakes are ectothermic reptiles that regulate their body temperature behaviorally by using shade, burrows, warm rocks, and even metabolic heat from digestion. But not everyone is aware ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The Bay Area has its own native snake, the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia). Some snake enthusiasts consider it to be one of the most “beautiful” ...

It’s not always easy getting the average person obsessed with snakes. They’re often an object of fear. But some enthusiasts want to change that — like Michael Starkey. He’s the founder of the ...

Paleontologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in western Wyoming: the nearly complete fossils of a 34-million-year-old snake, Hibernophis breithaupti. This extraordinary find reshapes our ...

Watching thousands of snakes writhing together may not be for everybody, but at the Narcisse Snake Dens, it is the ultimate springtime spectacle. For decades, snakes were believed to be solitary ...