Copperheads are the only venomous snake you’re likely to encounter in the Triangle and central NC. Here’s how to identify and avoid them.

Mississippi is home to six venomous snakes, including copperheads, rattlesnakes, water moccasins and coral snakes. A new study found that most people wait too long to seek help after a venomous ...

All rattlesnakes found in Oklahoma produce a powerful and dangerous venom that destroys tissue and disrupts blood clotting. Although copperheads are responsible for the most snakebites in the United ...

Goodall’s slender snakes live in mountain forests between elevations of about 7,100 to 10,000 feet, the study said. They are “venomous but harmless to humans.” Several Tachymenoides ...

Sollenberger called spring "a busy time for snakes," noting sightings of them rise significantly this time of year. And there ...

A baby rattlesnake bit a man in the California foothills, firefighters reported. An ambulance took the man to a hospital, the Calaveras Consolidated Fire Protection District said in a Monday, March 31 ...

As the weather improves and Oklahomans head back outside, here is a guide on how to identify venomous snakes like the copperhead, cottonmouth and rattlesnake. Eastern copperheads are stocky snakes ...