The beautifully colored corn snake is endangered in New Jersey. It is a southern species, living at the northern limit of its range in the sandy pine forests of New Jersey’s Outer Coastal Plain, deep ...

Global warming. Habitat destruction. Pesticides and pollution. Environmental forecasts and reports are all too often full of grimness and gloom. But ecology has its lighter moments, and I take solace ...

As a graduate student at the Free University of Brussels nearly 20 years ago, Athanasia Tzika analyzed the genomes of several animals to better understand their diversity. During this time, the ...

Question: I feel terrible! I killed a harmless little snake which looked like a copperhead. It was a native red corn snake, which I now know is rare because people always kill it. Is there a way to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While many homes welcome cats or dogs, others opt for a pet that is considered more unconventional: snakes. Those who have accepted the scaly ...

Wildlife questions I have received recently suggest that at least some people are taking health advisories seriously and staying at home. Following are two questions about snakes around the house and ...