As it turns out, gopher snakes don’t have the corner on swimming. With nearly 4,000 snake species worldwide, it’s impossible to know how many of them swim. Some are rare or endangered. And in some ...

Some snake species defy expectations by effortlessly gliding through the air or swimming with remarkable agility. These fascinating reptiles, from aquatic sea kraits to airborne tree snakes like ...

Q. Can a Burmese python swim? Burmese pythons, like most other snake species, can swim. Burmese pythons are considered semi-aquatic meaning they spend much of their time on land and in water. Q. How ...

People living in Arizona have more in common with our slithery neighbors than we realize. Not only can both snakes and people handle the heat, we also often seek out bodies of water to cool down in ...

You’re enjoying the evening breeze in your California backyard when you notice something dark and scaly slithering up a tree branch, Startled, you take a second look — and catch a glimpse of an ...