A Fun-Loving Guide to the Natural World for Kids and Adults

House of Herps #1

One of the things we love best about Blog Carnivals is all the wonderful new blogs we get to learn about. We are honored {…}

Snake Rescue!

We’ve seen lots of dead snakes on the road this year, but not a single live one. So it was quite exciting yesterday to come across a long, unscathed fox snake (Elaphe vulpina vulpina). It was evening, and she was stretched out {…}

Ambassador Corn Snakes, Taraj and Katai

People often think we’re a little odd when they find out we have snakes as pets. And despite the fact that we both love snakes, it took us a while to make our decision {…}

Quite Possibly the World’s Cutest Snake

Rebecca captured this little fellow yesterday.  He was hardly bigger than an earthworm.

We were recently giving a snake presentation for National Trail Day and were talking about these tiny serpents.  This is Storeria occipitomaculata, but if that name seems a tad difficult to pronounce, you can call him the Northern Redbelly.  They might look innocent, [...]