Despite their fearsome reputation, the diamondback snake is generally shy and prefers to avoid humans, using its rattles as a warning rather than a prelude to attack. Found in various habitats across ...

The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, a venomous snake native to the southwestern United States, is considered the deadliest in the region due to its potent venom and frequent human interactions. Its ...

Abstract Among snakes, the magnitude to which intestinal performance is regulated with feeding and fasting is adaptively linked to their natural feeding frequency. For infrequently feeding boas and ...

There are more than 40 species of snakes that are native to Florida, but only six of them are venomous. This week The News-Press and Naples Daily News is taking a closer look at each of these snakes ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida Fish and Wildlife biologist says he made one of the rarest finds you'll ever see in the state. It's a diamondback – with no diamonds! Biologist Pierson Hill found the ...

STUART (CBS 4) -- A Florida teenager bitten by the deadliest snake in North America spoke for the first time about his brush with death. Andrew Potts,14, said he was playing in the woods near his home ...

An 11-year-old central Florida boy is recovering after being bit by one of the most venomous snakes in the country. The Gainesville Sun reports Benjamin Smith was bit by a diamondback rattlesnake as ...

A diamondback rattlesnake with a peculiar "pattern mutation" is getting a lot of attention online after the animal was reportedly found in a Scottsdale backyard. Rattlesnake Solutions, which works to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife reported finding an "extremely unusual" discovery in North Florida. The biologist, Pierson Hill, found a "patternless" eastern ...

SAN ANTONIO - Animal Care Services here in San Antonio shared these pictures of a rattlesnake rescue! They say a man called them reporting someone had dumped a snake in a plastic storage container on ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In what might be one of the tea party’s greatest unintended victories, treading on ...

Following the Arizona Diamondbacks' defeat against the Texas Rangers in the World Series, the Phoenix Zoo is making good on a Facebook wager it took up with the Fort Worth Zoo. The Dallas-area zoo ...