Holding an egg in his palm, this man experiences a once-in-a-lifetime moment as a baby snake hatches right in his hand. The ...

Book-inspired baby names are the cutest way to inspire a love of reading. These names come from children's books, iconic ...

Snakes are vital to the "Harry Potter" universe because of what it tells us about Harry; in the first book/movie, Harry's ...

Well, it probably depends on the type of snake vs the type of spider, as a backyard battle in suburban Adelaide recently illustrated. The duel between a deadly redback spider and a baby brown snake ...

Hudson Snake Catching in Gold Coast, Australia, was tasked with removing the eastern brown snake hatchling Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Despite several deaths, the state of West Virginia still allows ‘serpent handling’ – a practice that killed pastor Chris ...

A new PEN America analysis examines the more than 10,000 instances of book bans during the 2023–2024 school year and reveals ...

A man narrowly escapes a deadly snake bite when the reptile strikes his cap instead of his head. Captured on video and shared by Nature is Amazing, the dramatic footage showcases how a simple ...

Sea snakes are spectacular and mysterious sea creatures often very hard to find. They are restricted to coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean. Sea snakes have laterally ...

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By Jo Hamya In a newly reissued 1983 book, the radical feminist Andrea Dworkin argued that conservative women understood the reality of male domination. By Jennifer Szalai Our columnist ...

The sea harbors some of the world's deadliest venomous sea snakes, including the black-banded sea krait, olive-headed sea snake, and others. Despite their potent venom, human encounters are rare ...