If you find yourself occasionally having to kill and dispose of rattlesnakes, why not learn a bit about tanning a snake skin and cooking snake meat? Rattlesnakes can be unwelcome visitors around the ...

The life of St. Patrick was, to put it lightly, action-packed. He was captured as a slave and taken to Ireland at 16, heard voices a few years later telling him to escape, and did, and then came back ...

Forget the myth of silent snakes! These reptiles possess a surprising vocal range, from intimidating hisses and rattles to peculiar wheezes and even growls. These sounds serve as crucial warnings, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Experts have long understood that snakes can feel sound vibrations through ...

Whoever coined the phrase “silent as a snake” clearly never met one on a bad day. While snakes might not sing, chirp, or roar, they’ve got a surprising playlist, complete with hisses, buzzes, wheezes, ...