Whether one is walking on a park trail or hiking in the woods, it’s exciting to see a snake in the wild. It could be a small one slithering through a pile of leaves on its way back to its hole. Or ...

As the weather warms and animals emerge from their winter slumber, one creature making a particularly deadly return is the snake. Alabama is home to six venomous snake species, making it even more ...

After two recent spine-tingling snake sightings — one on Ocean City's golden sands and another in an Ocean Pines' Walgreens — Marylanders have been on the lookout for more limbless reptilians. Here's ...

A Tennessee hiker died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake he picked up. Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, and massasauga rattlesnakes are Ohio's three venomous snake species. While venomous, ...

There are 21 snake species that are native to Pennsylvania, and three of them are venomous.Eastern copperheadThe copperhead reaches an average adult size of 24 to 36 inches.The body is copper or hazel ...

Arizona is crawling with venomous snakes, and no, that’s not just desert folklore. With more rattlesnakes than any other state — 14 species, to be exact — Arizona is the undisputed rattler capital of ...

A Tennessee hiker who picked up a rattlesnake during a trek through a state park died earlier this month after the snake bit him on the hand, officials said. The snake is believed to have been a ...

Man holds eastern indigo snake drymarchon corais couperi© Rickard James, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Have you ever wondered what the largest snake in North ...

Florida is home to over 40 snake species, with only six venomous. Snakes are most active during spring and early summer. The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake species in the U ...