Yes, some snakes can fly. See the 10 most interesting facts about snakes Why do snakes flick their tongues? Can snakes smell fear? This video reveals 10 amazing facts about rattlesnakes, flying snakes ...

Welcome to Snake Week 2025 at azcentral.com. Every day from June 23 through June 29, Ultimate Arizona reporter Tiffany Acosta will bring you a new story about Arizona's favorite slithering reptiles.

Ophidiophobia (the phobia of snakes) is one of the more common phobias psychologists treat today. Some researchers posit that this is an evolutionary response and that humans are wary of snakes ...

The onset of summer means more time spent outside, on hikes and swimming in lakes. With the warmer temperatures and rise in outdoor activities, The Memphis Zoo Herpetarium can help you be more aware ...

Discover the monster snake that makes all modern snakes seem small by comparison. Learn about Titanoboa, the biggest snake to roam the Earth!

The biggest living snake is the green anaconda, found in South America. Ancient snakes, like the Titanoboa, were orders of magnitude larger. Here’s what we know about the famed “titan boa.” The recent ...

There are up to 160 different snake species in Africa. Fossils show that venomous snakes could have been present on the continent as early as 25 million years ago. While most of Africa's snakes are ...

Two pygmy rattlesnakes slither around in their habitat at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. File photo It’s snake season in North Carolina, so it’s a good time to bust (or confirm) some ...

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, snakes are comparatively long-lived. Even small snakes may live as long as 12 years and large species may live 40 years or longer. In urban areas, the average ...

We usually start reminding readers about copperhead snakes, North Carolina’s most common venomous snake, in early summer. But the copperhead doesn’t wait for summer. It gets out and about at the first ...