Why and When Do Snakes Bite? As is commonly known, snakes bite for two main reasons: to hunt and to defend. When snakes are on the offensive, they use their venom to immobilize and kill their prey.

Getting a snake bite when hiking is certainly scary and could be dangerous or even life-threatening, but the way you treat it ...

Kristy said that all of the kids at her daughter’s birthday held the snake, but something wild happened during it was her son ...

Springt o Fall is when DMV can expeect the most copperheads in the area.So far medical experts at St. Marys says they've ...

Each year 50,000 thousand Indians lose their lives to snake bites, and that number accounts for half of the total fatalities globally due to venomous snakes, according to a report by the Press ...

An increase in venomous snake bites, carbon monoxide poisoning and medication errors after storms like Hurricane Erin can lead to illness or even death, a North Carolina Poison Control expert warns.

ALEXANDER COUNTY, N.C. (WSOC) — A 4-year-old North Carolina boy was sent to the hospital after his family says a snake bit him at day care. The incident reported occurred at New Beginnings Child ...

A species of snake has been noted biting and injecting venom into humans after the snake is dead. Getty Images/iStock Photo As darkness descended on a man’s chicken coops in Sivasagar, India, he ...