LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Ellen Trout Zoo is seeing success in an ongoing effort to breed and help save an endangered snake species. Robert Jackson is a General Curator with Ellen Trout Zoo. He’s ...

One of Europe’s largest snake species is crawling up walls and into attics in the UK, seeking warmth for breeding, scientists say in a new study. Aesculapian snakes, which grow up to 7ft long, are not ...

Decades of efforts to save a rare snake from extinction led Tennessee scientists to the idea of using frozen sperm — which has now resulted in the successful hatching of three Louisiana pine snakes.

Steve Reichling has done many things in his 47-year career as a snake researcher at the Memphis Zoo, but one of the more exciting tasks is wrangling wild Louisiana Pine Snakes. Several researchers at ...

Are snakes legal to keep as a pet? In most places, reptiles are legal. However, some states and localities may have restrictions or bans on certain reptile breeds. This can include where and how you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police in Jasper County plan to arrest a suspect after rescuing 52 “improperly housed snakes” that were part of an abandoned ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A recently amended law makes it illegal for Missourians to keep an energetic yet harmless snake mostly found in sand prairies in Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties. The ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A snake-breeding center in Taipei houses 121 venomous snakes, making it a key site for supplying antivenom across Taiwan, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Cheng ...

A new breed of venomous snake has been discovered in Australia. The desert whip snake has been mistaken as a different species for decades due to common characteristics with the yellow-faced whip ...