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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In last week's column, the timber rattlesnake's place in our state's natural heritage — and as a symbol of Pennsylvania's remaining wild places — was explored in depth. This species is one of only two ...

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 ...

A Medford family received quite a scare Saturday morning when a large milk snake found its way into their kitchen and bit their 9-month-old son. Jenna Lees-Rolfe was preparing breakfast in her home at ...

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 ...