Every summer, without fail, the British press carries alarming stories about snake sightings. On an island that only has one ...

There are only three types of snakes native to the UK - an adder, grass snake and a smooth snake - all of which can be found across the country. There were a number of adder sightings across the UK ...

Wildlife volunteers are celebrating the successful reintroduction of smooth snakes. A project to reintroduce the non-venomous species in Pebblebed Heaths in east Devon has seen numbers consistently ...