Fishing duo Cole & Jay have an up-close encounter with a massive rat snake.

An Indian rat snake was safely rescued after it was discovered inside a washing machine at a ground-floor residence in Azad Nagar, Andheri West, by naturalist and wildlife photographer Prabhu Swami.

Smith College junior Alex Blaszczyk and sophomore Sarah Gygax carry rocks over to the hibernaculum at the MacLeish Field Station in Whately. Credit: Contributed by Jessica Scranton Sign up for the ...

I never expected to find myself crouching in a humid mining tunnel, waiting — even hoping! — for a snake to slither its way toward me in the dark. But in late October, on an expedition in Baja ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...