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

Are snakes reptiles? Despite their different body structure, snakes share all of the necessary physiological traits that make ...

Biologists tracking a big python found it dead, chewed up and buried. They launched into a CSI-like investigation that ...

The timber rattlesnake is critically endangered, both regionally and nationally, after humans hunted them for decades and due to habitat loss. The snakes are incredibly rare in New Hampshire, likely ...

Florida is hosting its annual 10-day python challenge from July 11 to 20, where participants can register to hunt and ...

Garter snakes grow to 15 to 29 inches long and their scales can be black, brown or an olive brown with a pale yellow or green belly. According to Mass (Massachusetts) Audubon, these snakes can be ...