As part of a recent grant, students at Smith College have completed a project focused on helping the endangered Eastern rat ...

Just before going home for the holidays, Smith College students constructed a winter house for Eastern rat snakes at the MacLeish Field Station as part of a habitat restoration project for native ...

Recently, I joined an expedition to Baja Sur as Natural History Museum scientists explored its canyons and mountaintops, in ...

This story originally appeared in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami hit Japan a decade ago, the ...

In much of the eastern United States, it’s not uncommon to spot a snake slithering through the leaves, crossing a trail, or hiding near your shed. But knowing whether that snake is venomous or ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A woman in Missouri found a black rat snake in the hood of her car while driving her son to baseball practice. The woman and her son attempted to “chase” the snake ...

HOUSTON — It's hot in Houston, and humans aren't the only ones feeling the heat. A Heights resident thinks that's why an unwanted guest made its way into her garage. On Friday night, Kayte Tipton ...