Snakes have been demonized and feared almost since humans first encountered them. A plethora of legend and lore has grown up around the reptiles, much of it of a rather frightening variety. While ...

As we enter the Year of the Snake, we take the opportunity to revisit the starring roles of this mystic animal in art. Snake is the sixth animal sign in the 12-year zodiac cycle and based on ...

Last fall, the Tony Award-winning playwright and director Mary Zimmerman took her theater piece “The White Snake” back to the place where its central legend was born: China’s Zhejiang Province. There, ...

It’s snake season in North Carolina, so it’s a good time to bust (or confirm) some popular myths about venomous snakes. We put together a list of commonly believed facts about snakes — particularly, ...

ATLANTA — It's snake season in Georgia and if you're outside, sooner or later, you're likely to see one slither by you. But with 46 different kinds of snakes here, how do you know which ones you need ...

Two pygmy rattlesnakes slither around in their habitat at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. File photo It’s snake season in North Carolina, so it’s a good time to bust (or confirm) some ...