Quick Take Dominating Yellowstone as the largest reptile requires reaching lengths up to 72 inches without using venom.

As darkness settled across a mountain in central Mexico, a venomous baby creature settled down to sleep, but its night wouldn’t be restful. A passing hiker noticed the “poorly known” animal and roused ...

Among over 30 species of rattlesnake, there is a wide variety of sizes. The smallest rattlesnake species is the western pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius), which only reaches about 18 inches in ...

Article published in parts, extracted from the following issues of Forest and stream, a weekly journal of the rod and gun: v. 30, no. 16, p. 307 (May 10, 1888); v. 30 ...