The prairie kingsnake is one of the most common snakes in the Midwest and southeastern United States. Known scientifically as Lampropeltis calligaster, these snakes are often mistaken for rat snakes ...

Squirrels are the leading cause of animal-related power outages nationwide, followed by birds. When people arrived for work ...

A squirrel and a snake caused two separate power outages in Athens, Georgia, disrupting the University of Georgia and nearly ...

Lake Guntersville, created by the Guntersville Dam along the Tennessee River, is celebrated for its captivating history and breathtaking scenery. “This lake is home to various snake ... water snakes, ...

Of the 32 snake species in Tennessee, only four are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, and pygmy ...

The term "black snake" encompasses diverse snake species ... but a few are 8 feet (2.4 meters) long. Eastern rat snakes are excellent climbers, usually in barns or trees, where they feed on ...

(KY3/Gray News) - A woman in Missouri found a black rat snake in the hood of her car while ... The department said snakes can be attracted to warm, dark, and enclosed spaces.

(KY3/Gray News) - A woman in Missouri found a black rat ... snake, when it crawls up in there, thinks it’s got a good hidey-hole,” he said. “It doesn’t know that this hidey-hole may be going 60 miles ...

There are two endangered snakes in Michigan, with three other species either threatened or of special concern, according to the DNR. The largest snake in Michigan, the gray (black) rat snake ...

and Cantor’s rat snake found in China, Vietnam and Taiwan. Neither of these other two snakes reproduces via parthenogenesis. Researchers analyzed the DNA of the flowerpot snake and compared it ...