Talk about a snake-up call! Melinda Major was staying at the Hampton Inn Walnut Grove in East Memphis when she felt a brush against her arm in the middle of the night. The Nashville native opened her ...

My daughters brought a tiny green grass snake into the house recently. I was working in the kitchen, and they excitedly called up from the basement with big news, but before I could turn around, there ...

Rough and smooth green snakes are closely related, and while there are some differences between them, their care in captivity is essentially the same. These are both small, thin-bodied snakes that are ...

Encountering a garden snake is often a sign of a healthy ecosystem, with many species being harmless and beneficial pest controllers. From the distinctive grass snake to the legless lizard slow worm, ...

Rough green snakes are thin, smooth and green fading to yellow, with a white belly. They mainly eat crickets, grasshoppers, small frogs and spiders, and they won't bite people. Howard Garrett / ...

ROCK HILL — Faintly, South Carolinians may hear the random crack of an egg if they're outdoors this fall. What comes out of the egg will slither. "Most U.S. snakes are born in August and September ...

Gardens can unintentionally become snake havens, with popular hosta plants creating ideal conditions. Their broad leaves ...