Tiger-Lily, a nearly three-foot-long western rat snake found in 2017 in southwest Missouri, will be at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center until Sept. 28. A two-headed snake may ...

Scientists have uncovered surprisingly little about copperhead snakes, until now ... may be surprised to know they are walking among Missouri’s most common venomous reptile on the trails ...

It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon on the river. You’re drifting around on your big pink flamingo float, falling asleep in the warm ...

A St. Charles man is dead after being bitten by a copperhead snake while camping with his family in southeast Missouri. Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says 52-year-old Timothy Levins died Tuesday ...

Many snakes are top level predators; for example, a single rat snake can consume over 100 rodents a year. Other snakes are important in the control they exert on insect and other invertebrate ...

It was a two-day event over the weekend here in Moscow Mills called 'Venom Fest'. Saturday went off without a hitch, but Sunday's show was cancelled after a deadly Egypitan cobra was unaccounted ...

So it goes with rat snakes. Found throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, these reptiles often serve as de facto rodent exterminators. Beyond that, they've made a mark on the pet trade ...

A black rat snake grows longer than a black racer on average, with 4-6 feet long being the average length of a black rat ...

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Revealing active behaviour that adds to our understanding of the nature of a species. Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (Mexico) waits in darkness as a Yucatan rat snake snaps up a bat. Using a red ...

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