Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...

There are 16 species of rattlesnakes found in the United States. The “rattle” comes from the signature noise these slithering ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous snakes include three different species of rattlesnake, two species of coral ...

South Carolina is home to all sorts of wildlife, from alligators to monkeys and even weird bugs … critters are found just about anywhere you go. But one of the most ominous animals of the South ...

On the Spanish island of Ibiza, an unlikely hero is combating the region's invasive species crisis. Boira, a German ...

When one imagines snakes, the mind often wanders to sunny, lush places: jungles, deserts, tropical forests. But nature loves ...

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 38 kinds of snakes around the Carolinas, and most of them you don’t have to worry about. In fact, they’re good to have around to control pests. But there are six kinds of venomous snakes to ...

Only about ten percent of the world’s roughly 4,000 snake species have venom strong enough to seriously hurt a human, but that’s enough for snake bites to be an important public health concern. To ...

Check the list of countries and regions in the world completely free of snakes, including New Zealand, Ireland, and Iceland, ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native ...