Ever wondered how a snake digests its food? After all, these reptiles usually swallow their prey in one go- something entirely different than how a human eats their food. So, what exactly is the ...

Scientists have developed a potentially universal antivenom using antibodies from a hyper-immune human donor, offering broad ...

It eats copperheads, the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle. Its population (most likely) continues to decline. More on that later.

What a snake eats depends on where it lives ... and adults are killed by predators, disease, human activity, freezing temperatures or some other cause. That means long-term observations or ...