Scales are small, hard plates that protect an animal's skin. Learn all about the 12 types of animals with scales here!

Within the 17 snake species found in New York, three are venomous. Here's what to know, and how likely you are to see them in the Southern Tier.

Eastern kingsnakes eat rodents and other snakes, and the dreaded copperhead, South Carolina’s most populous venomous snake.

Michigan has 18 snake species, most of which are harmless and beneficial to the ecosystem. Five common Michigan snakes ...

Of the 44 species of snake that are native to Florida, six are venomous. Here's a guide to identifying them and the harmless ...

Only three venomous snakes live in the wild in New York: the timber rattlesnake, the Eastern massasauga and the Northern ...

A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite treatment.

They can have brown, grayish brown or tan scales with a noticeable pattern ... and have a small head. Michigan's northern water snakes enjoy basking near the shoreline Northern water snakes ...

The king cobra, a venomous giant from Southeast Asia, clashes with the eastern indigo snake, North America's longest, in a ...

Find out more about the UK's rarest snake - the Smooth Snake, including if it's dangerous and where it can be found.

The Barbados threadsnake, scientifically known as Tetracheilostoma carlae, holds the record for being the world's smallest ...