It can be extremely helpful to know the difference between certain snakes, and the same is true when comparing a black racer ...

Copperheads, while venomous, are rarely aggressive without cause. Black rat snakes, on the other hand, are completely harmless to humans and serve as natural pest control.

Preferred habitat: Black rat snakes aren’t picky when it comes to habitat. They can be found in yards, suburbs, fields, pine forests, and almost everywhere else.

The Everglades are the most snake-infested area in the state, primarily due to the invasive non-native species, the Burmese Python. These include species like the Southern Black Racer, Banded Water ...

Often, what we’re seeing in our yards is a brown snake, a black rat snake or a black racer snake -- all non-venomous. Here’s how to tell them all apart.

One common snake that is sometimes confused with the venomous copperhead is the similar-looking chicken snake (also known as the eastern rat snake).

A woman in Missouri found a black rat snake in the hood of her car while driving her son to baseball practice.

Juvenile Black Rat snake. Courtesy of Talena Chavis. In more terrifying snake news for Georgia, it seems that some of the 46 species can climb, and this includes trees, fences, and sometimes even ...

A woman in Missouri found a black rat snake in the hood of her car while driving her son to baseball practice.

A woman in Missouri found a black rat snake in the hood of her car while driving her son to baseball practice.