Which family contains the biggest depends on whether you are measuring these reptiles by weight or length. While man-eating snakes are exceptionally rare (although it has been known to happen), there ...

This is the unbelievable moment a keeled rat snake (Ptyas carinata) calmly drinks water from a very brave man's mouth in ...

1. Rat Snakes Belong to the Largest Snake Family If there's a random snake you're trying to ID and it's not a boa, python, viper, rattlesnake or some venomous elapid (the family cobras ...

Beyond that, they've made a mark on the pet trade, too; some dedicated hobbyists write four-figure checks to procure rare or unusual rat snake specimens. From their husbandry to their evolution ...

The milk snake is harmless. The largest species in New York is the black rat snake, reaching lengths of eight feet! These largely black-colored snakes are found primarily along cliffs and rocky slopes ...

The snake measuring 32.8 feet and weighing over ... Apparently this Anaconda could be the biggest ever. The previous records belong to an in captivity “Medusa” with 25 feet and an earlier ...

indigo snake alongside two other snakes — a "young rat snake" and a juvenile eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) — that had both "clearly [been] swallowed and then expelled" by the ...

A new contender for the title of world's biggest snake has been discovered. Footage has emerged of what is allegedly the world's largest snake. The reptile is seen, lying still and bound up in ...

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

Scientists thought this was the biggest type of anaconda - but new research has surfaced from the depths of the Amazon river Scientists have discovered a new species of anaconda - and it's huge.

TV host Dr. Phil McGraw is advocating for death row inmate Robert Roberson, who was sentenced for killing his 2-year-old ...

Snakes who ate them did well, but convincing them to give sausages a try instead of their ideal food, a live rat, was another matter ... “The cost of food is going to be the biggest hurdle,” says ...