Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.

A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery ...

The language children hear about snakes may shape their fear and attitudes, but simple exposure can soften that effect.

Q. In a recent column you said bushmasters are the largest pit vipers in the world. I was told pit vipers have vertical pupils, which is one way to determine if a snake is venomous. However, you ...