Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Whether you’re frightened or fascinated by them, snakes have important roles in your garden, eating insects and ...

Snakes have had a bad reputation since the Garden of Eden, and there's a reason humans have evolved to fear snakes: some can kill you. People wake up in cold sweats dreaming about rattlesnakes, water ...

A python slithering in the grass - Melissa Ross/Getty Images Seeing a snake in the yard is unsettling, despite their beneficial role in the environment, which includes effective rodent control. While ...