Richard is the snake, she said, and Kelly the rat. And she was voting "the way Mother Nature intended it" -- for the snake to eat the rat.

"The snake is a Black Rat Snake, Pantherophis obsoletus," u/Marty_the_Cat told Newsweek via direct message. Black rat snakes are found across the U.S. eastern states and can grow between 3 and 5 ...

Mumbai-based naturalists have documented a rare instance of ophiophagy (snake-eating behaviour) at Maharashtra Nature Park, where a rat snake was observed consuming a juvenile Indian rock python ...

Indian Rat Snake (Ptyas mucosa), regionally known as Chera, may be notified as the Official Reptile of Kerala. The State Board for Wildlife, which will meet next week, will consider a proposal for ...

A two-headed female black rat snake has survived 16 years. The Missouri Department of Conservation Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center is celebrating.