"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 ...

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.

A Terrestrial snail sucker, a snake common to South America, has been caught feasting on an invasive bean slug in a car park in Mexico. This finding could lead to new methods of control for this ...

Black rat snakes are significantly longer than copperheads, often reaching 4 to 6 feet in length. Some even reach lengths of 7 feet, making them one of the longest snakes in North America.

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 ...

Walter Reeves Walter Reeves Chipmunk turns into gas with rat snake’s help Snakes don’t have a diaphragm they could use to truly burp, but gasses do build up during digestion.

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

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh Public Safety says a large snake is on the loose in Frick Park. According to city officials, someone reported seeing the snake along a trail in the park.

A two-headed rat snake named Tiger-Lily will be traveling to different nature centers in Missouri while her home site is under construction, conservation officials announced Jan. 16.