Instead, summon the toilet snake, also known as a closet snake, closet auger, or toilet auger. With this specialized plumbing tool and a little persistence, a typical DIYer should be able to learn ...

As if snakes couldn't get any scarier, a researcher stumbled across a snake that had vomited up two smaller snakes—one of which was somehow still alive. This skin-crawling story was shared to ...

When water isn’t draining as quickly as it should—or, worse, isn’t draining at all—DIY-savvy folks reach for a drain snake. Also called a plumbing snake or drain auger, this handy tool is ...

Dramatic footage of the moment a five-year-old girl in Texas was ambushed by a large black snake on the porch outside her home has been captured on a doorbell camera. A video shared with Newsweek ...

Photos show 10-foot Burmese python swallowing a reticulated python whole, eating the snake from the tail up in just 2 hours. A Burmese python has been spotted attacking and swallowing a ...

Wildlife officials in Georgia stumbled across a pair of snakes that had been "expelled" by a larger serpent, only to discover that one of the regurgitated victims was still alive. When wildlife ...

WATCHUNG, N.J.-- New Jersey wildlife officials are warning residents to watch out for northern copperhead snakes after one was spotted in Somerset County and another in Hunterdon County in August.

Wildlife officials issued a warning in Somerset County, New Jersey, to be on guard for northern copperhead snakes after one of the species was seen last week in Watchung, a Garden State borough ...

Officials are warning residents after recent sightings of the venomous northern copperhead snake in Hunterdon and Somerset counties, saying the public should avoid contact with them. The Watchung ...

“See how she’s trying to get me,” Jeff Leibowitz says as he holds a thin grey snake between his thumb and forefinger. The snake influencer, an advocate of a controversial practice known as ...

A wave of deadly flooding in West and Central Africa left the remains of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies. The torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced ...

Project RattleCam started monitoring the Colorado den, home to hundreds of snakes, in May Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...