North Carolina is a state full of biodiversity, and snakes are no exception. Its diverse environments, from the mountains in the west to the coastal plains in the east, provide abundant habitat for 38 ...

Happily, our country’s only venomous water snake is the cottonmouth (also known as the water moccasin), which lives in the southeastern states. Snakes have no fins, no webbed feet and no limbs. How, ...

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...