Float like a butterfly, sting like a catfish? Alligators usually get top billing when it comes to naming dangerous animals in Mississippi, followed by venomous snakes or spiders. Catfish, which are ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Despite finding the slithery creatures “cute and cuddly,” snake experts in the area still frown upon owning venomous snakes as pets– and not just for legal reasons. Sioux ...

Sept. 17 (UPI) --Snake catchers on an Australian island were initially surprised and confused when they were called to capture a venomous snake hundreds of miles from its native range. Ryan Fuller and ...

Three venomous snake species slither through Ohio. Do you know what they are? It sounds scary, but these snakes are rare. They are valuable to Ohio’s ecosystems and are important for controlling ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Police were called to a southeastern Sioux Falls apartment on Sunday after a man reported that his pet cobra bit him. That snake was an African forest cobra—but it wasn’t ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

The snake was discovered before the bananas were available to consumers. An "unwanted hitchhiker" was found in a box of bananas at a New Hampshire grocery store on Friday, according to Rainforest ...

The post may be two years old, but it is still popping up in people's feeds, and generating comments. Here's what you should know about the copperhead in Ohio. One of three venomous snakes native to ...

A homeowner was terrified to discover nearly 100 venomous snakes in a writhing black knot in his backyard — in a case experts have described as a “rare occurrence.” The trouble began last week when ...

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 ...

Dan Geiger learned an important lesson after trying to help a snake avoid being run over in New Jersey Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

Professional snake catchers called the trespassing reptile 'healthy and rather large' Getty (2) A homeowner found a venomous snake napping inside the tunnel of their model train set Professional snake ...