Snakes, often feared, are crucial for ecosystem balance. Most species are non-venomous, controlling rodent and insect ...

If you want to be able to tell someone you have a venomous snake as a pet, get a hognose snake. They're technically venomous, but it's not nearly potent enough to cause harm to humans. No one has ...

WASHINGTON— In a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed today to consider granting Endangered Species Act protections to the southern hognose ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to gain Endangered Species Act protection for southern hognose snakes in Florida, Georgia and the ...

The eastern hognose snake, also known as the "zombie snake," has a unique defense mechanism. When threatened, it rolls onto its back, opens its mouth, and plays dead. This harmless snake is not ...

It’s been seen in a wide variety of vertebrates and invertebrates. Hognose snake: To make their fake death throes as convincing as possible, hognose snakes of the North American genus Heterodon ...