There’s nothing like a story about a nomadic snake to capture our attention. I personally think it has something to do with the heebie-jeebies we get whenever there is a surprise encounter between man ...

From controlling his temperature to controlling his voice, columnist Ben Hofmeister reflects on how he and a snake are ...

Questions. I get whole bundles of them when people find out that I'm that guy in the Tribune. Among them: Is your beard as soft and manageable as it looks in your picture? How did you end up getting ...

Q. In a recent column you said bushmasters are the largest pit vipers in the world. I was told pit vipers have vertical pupils, which is one way to determine if a snake is venomous. However, you ...

Snakes are a hallmark of healthy habitats. And throughout the country, most habitats have more snakes present in early fall than at any other time of the year, even spring. The explanation is a simple ...

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pinecones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what pine snakes eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not ...

There are 14 species of snakes in Massachusetts, only two of which, the copperhead and timber rattler, are venomous. Some snake species, including the copperhead and timber rattler, face threats ...