Claim to fame: The red milk snake is one of Missouri’s most colorful snakes. It is nonvenomous, and the rodent portion of its diet is beneficial to humans. Species status: Red milk snakes are presumed ...

Newly emerged in early May, an eastern milk snake, dressed in a spectacular pattern of gray, black and rust, stretched its 4-foot body across the limestone ledge in the early morning sun, basking for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...