Typically found in long grassed areas, snakes have for long had the reputation of being mean and deadly creatures. However, the UK is home to many harmless snakes, albeit one venomous species that ...

The Grass snake likes to use compost heaps to lay their eggs which are typically sort and leathery eggs. The Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) is the least found snake in the UK but is localised ...

The Aesculapian snake has been "accidentally" re-introduced to the UK for the first time in around 300,000 years.

There are only three types of snakes native to the UK - an adder, grass snake and a smooth snake. However, there is a fourth species of "accidentally released snakes" that is quietly making itself ...