On Sept. 26, 1957, renowned herpetologist and Field Museum curator emeritus Karl Patterson Schmidt died from a snakebite. He documented the process in meticulous, graphic detail.

A snake pulled from inside another snake's stomach was a species unknown to science — Cenaspis aenigma!

Feb. 2 (UPI) --Veterinarians in Maryland performed surgery on a rat snake to remove a gear shift knob the serpent had mistakenly swallowed. The Second Chance Wildlife Center in Gaithersburg said the ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --An Australian snake catcher responded to a family's home where the world's second most venomous snake was found in the washing machine. Hudson Snake Catching posted a video to Facebook ...

Professional snake catchers called the trespassing reptile 'healthy and rather large' Getty (2) A homeowner found a venomous snake napping inside the tunnel of their model train set Professional snake ...