When you're hiking in the Smokies, keep an eye out for snakes - but remember that humans probably see only 10% of the snakes ...

Discover interesting facts about snakes, from how they hunt and eat, to why they don't have legs.

Nicole Carpenter, a pest expert and the president of Black Pest Prevention, told Newsweek that the description and appearance of the shed skins strongly suggest they belong to rat snakes.

By far the most exhilarating sightings are of snakes. A couple of years ago, between mid-July and mid-August, I saw four rattlesnakes and one copperhead on my property. Last year in late June ...