Embedded in a rocky hillside in Colorado is a very unusual type of nursery. This so-called mega den hosts hundreds of pregnant rattlesnakes ready to give birth to their pups. You can watch all of the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard. David Stein called ...

(WJW) – Mating season is here for one of Ohio’s most abundant snakes. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as temperatures rise, northern watersnakes start to come out of their winter ...

Ophidiophobia (the phobia of snakes) is one of the more common phobias psychologists treat today. Some researchers posit that this is an evolutionary response and that humans are wary of snakes ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Scott Boback, a professor of Biology at Dickinson College, who co-leads Project RattleCam — a webcam aimed at a mega-den holding hundred of pregnant rattlesnakes.