What is the safest snake to have as a pet? Will a pet snake bite you? Here are the pros and cons of having a snake for a pet.

A corn snake is only second in popularity to a ball python as a pet snake, and for good reason. Corn snakes are easy to handle, and unlike ball pythons and hognose snakes that go on hunger strikes ...

Ball pythons, corn snakes and rosy boas can make docile and low-maintenance pets. Pet snakes require specific habitats and food sources. Here's what to do if a pet snake bites you.

The SPCA of Upstate New York is caring for 129 snakes and nearly 1,000 rats and mice to feed them that all need new, permanent homes.

There are dozens of species of snakes in the Triad, but which are friends and which are foes? An environmental specialist breaks down everything you need to know as you get outdoors this summer: ...

Rattlesnakes get all the attention, but Arizona has numerous nonvenomous snake species. Here's why they're beneficial and ...

Corn snakes feed on small mammals, birds, and eggs. 4. Mild venom for prey: Despite having tiny fangs, the venom of a corn snake is relatively mild and used for immobilizing small prey.

Regulatory and disruptive variants in the CLCN2 gene are associated with modified skin color pattern phenotypes in the corn snake. Genome Biology, 2025; 26 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03539-0; ...

Snakes have fascinated and repulsed humans for millennia. In ancient Greece, they were signs of fertility and rebirth, while Christianity proclaimed them to be symbolic of salvation. Today, snakes ...