Snakes are known for being solitary reptiles, but they do not always hang solo. In colder climates, when winter temperatures set in, snakes seek each other out for warmth. These snake gatherings can ...

Rattlesnakes are big, venomous reptiles with triangular-shaped skulls that are extremely specialized. Because of the ...

When a recent emergency dig on an existing pipeline in Tuscarora State Forest struck a snake den, the variety of snakes found denning together for the winter startled some observers. In that single ...

A northern Colorado snake den has become the focus of a livestream, thanks to its slithering residents Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her ...

Project RattleCam started monitoring the Colorado den, home to hundreds of snakes, in May Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

The Narcisse Snake Dens about an hour and a half north of Winnipeg are home to the world's largest gathering of red-sided garter snakes. Every spring, the snakes emerge by the thousands from the ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A live webcam focused on a “mega den” of rattlesnakes is a viewing bonanza for scientists and the stuff of nightmares for everyday viewers. The camera, set up by researchers at ...

In a famous scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark," big-screen hero Indiana Jones says, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo ...

It's baby shower season at Colorado's rattlesnake "mega den." According to CBS News, Project RattleCam's livestream of a rattlesnake den in a craggy Colorado hillside home to hundreds of rattlesnakes ...

It's baby shower season at Colorado's rattlesnake "mega den." The reptiles are now in the late summer period when they typically give birth. Researchers monitoring the Colorado den's livestream — ...