When someone says “giant snake,” your brain probably jumps straight to a movie scene — you know, a huge slithery beast lurking in the jungle, ready to snatch a person like it’s grabbing a snack.

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pine cones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what they eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not know that ...

How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

While Michigan is home to more than a dozen snake species, only one is venomous — and people rarely see it. "Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes, the only venomous snake in Michigan, are shy creatures ...

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pinecones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what pine snakes eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not ...