High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

We all know what it's like to receive an unwanted Christmas gift. But instead of ugly socks and itchy jumpers, one family in Hampton, in Australia's Queensland state, received a much deadlier surprise ...

A Mississippi deer hunter says he was bitten on the head by a copperhead after the venomous pit viper took refuge in a tree this week. Tyler Hardy and his family shared details of the attack on ...

A Texas family took a dinner break while watching a Dallas Mavericks game at home, but when they came back, a rattlesnake had taken over the sofa, video shows. Their seats hadn’t even gone cold before ...

A huge coastal carpet python has been found coiled up in a kid's toy box at a home in Australia. Snake catcher Brandon Wilkinson of Snake Catchers Brisbane & Gold Coast was called to a home in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A Lake Elsinore family thought they left the ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...