There are approximately 600 species of venomous snakes on Earth, and to the untrained eye, most of their strikes appear similar -- a flash of movement as the snake lunges forward. But in reality, ...

Rattlesnakes are best admired from a safe distance. That’s a lesson that a Tennessee man learned this week in a tragic way after a timber rattlesnake that he picked up bit him, eventually leading to ...

A North Carolina family said their 4-year-old was bitten by a venomous snake on the playground of a day care, but staff failed to call emergency services and reached out to a guardian instead. The boy ...