Thinking about bringing home a pet that doesn’t bark, shed or beg for snacks? Enter the snake: nature’s silent, scaly roommate. While they won’t fetch your slippers, snakes make surprisingly chill ...

Gary made reptiles feel lovable in China, but venom and online hype turned a cute character into a risky, real-world trend ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

Forget fluffy puppies and purring kittens; some people have a fondness for the truly peculiar when it comes to their animal ...

Snakes may have a reputation for being mysterious or even frightening, but many species are surprisingly docile. Even in ...

The Jake and Spike Show, weekdays from 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Last month, a maintenance team discovered four baby ball pythons thousands of miles away from their natural habitat in a local nature preserve ...

Imagine checking into your hotel room and discovering an unexpected guest. That's exactly what happened at a Boise Hyatt, where a snake was patiently waiting to get acquainted with the next traveler🐍 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My boyfriend and I share an apartment, and also share two pet snakes. These are not large reptiles, and are kept in very secure glass tanks behind closed doors. We understand that ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Police were called to a southeastern Sioux Falls apartment on Sunday after a man reported that his pet cobra bit him. That snake was an African forest cobra—but it wasn’t ...