During my childhood in the Midwest, I briefly possessed—with my parents’ hesitant blessings—an Eastern milk snake as a pet. One day, the snake escaped from its terrarium in the garage. It didn’t try ...

Hall is the author of Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World Hall is the author of Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World During my childhood in ...

Wildfires rage, yet many snakes slither on. Here’s how ancient survival tricks may be helping reptiles outlast climate-driven megafires. Wildfires are intensifying globally. They’re becoming hotter, ...