Claim to fame: The red milk snake is one of Missouri’s most colorful snakes. It is nonvenomous, and the rodent portion of its diet is beneficial to humans. Species status: Red milk snakes are presumed ...

Newly emerged in early May, an eastern milk snake, dressed in a spectacular pattern of gray, black and rust, stretched its 4-foot body across the limestone ledge in the early morning sun, basking for ...

While hiking up South Moat Mountain last week, a large milk snake crossed the trail. This was a beautiful snake - reddish blotches ringed in a darker brown against a grayish-tan background. So, of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Of the six species of snakes found on Staten Island, only the eastern milk snake dispatches its prey by constriction. The other five native snakes use the simple grab-and-hold ...

Walking down my road on an early June afternoon several years ago, I spotted a snake attempting to cross into the underbrush. Covered in colorful splotches, it quickly slithered across the pavement ...

This story has been modified to correct that timber rattlesnakes live in the far southwest corner of Berkshire County. STOCKBRIDGE — The Rolfs family was hiking at Olivia's Overlook recently when ...

A nonnative Central American milk snake (Lampropeltis abnorma) that was removed from Mahogany Hammock Trail in Everglades National Park by USGS scientists this week. The snake is thought to be a ...

(WTNH) — Finding a snake in your yard may be a bit alarming, but not all snakes are dangerous — and don’t need to be killed. There are 14 different snake species that roam Connecticut, yet one is ...