Inland Taipan: The World's Most Toxic Serpent Picture the inland taipan coiled in the cracked earth of central Australia, ...

The species is common-its appearance here is not.

The western diamondback rattlesnake is no stranger to Texas, commonly found across much of the state and in most counties ...

Rattlesnakes are an iconic part of the American landscape, especially in the deserts of the Southwest, as well as the ...

The University of Texas at Arlington’s Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center (ARDRC) recently documented Denton County’s first Western Diamondback rattlesnake in the county's extensive ...

It’s a snake-eat-snake world out there, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has the photos to prove it. Those squeamish photos show a burly, 4-foot-long eastern indigo snake that had eaten ...

Rattlesnake lacked ability to warn homeowners who got too close.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KGO) -- Two days after a San Jose man was bitten by a rattlesnake on top of Mission Peak near Fremont, East Bay Regional Parks has put out a warning to hikers and visitors to ...

Project RattleCam started monitoring the Colorado den, home to hundreds of snakes, in May Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Encountering a rattlesnake in Texas isn’t all that uncommon — but even the residents who have lived in the state for decades wouldn’t expect to find one lounging on their couch watching the NBA ...