The United States is home to many snake species. While most are harmless, some can be very dangerous to humans. Knowing which ...

Explore Mammoth Cave National Park to encounter the diversity of wildlife that live in its forests, streams, lakes, and caves ...

Whether readers knew him as "the guy from the Stump," from his "weather column," or simply for his friendly, down-to-earth personality, longtime Columbus Dispatch journalist John Switzer was a fixture ...

Marty Kupersmith, a musician then in his 70s with a lifelong love of reptiles, was relocating a timber rattlesnake that had ...

Rattlesnakes are increasingly slithering out in the Sunflower State due to recent warm, wet weather, says the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. "With warm weather and flooded areas across ...

Warm, wet weather has led to an increase in rattlesnake sightings across Kansas. Kansas is home to four main types of venomous snakes: the copperhead, timber rattlesnake, prairie rattlesnake, and ...

A dangerous rattlesnake blocked the exit of a New York family's home, leaving them trapped inside, the Hudson Valley Post reported. Several types of venomous snakes are common in New York; however, ...

Did you know that Massachusetts only has two venomous snakes species? Out of the 14 snake species that live in Massachusetts, only two of them are actually venomous: the timber rattlesnake and the ...

Did you know that Vermont only has one venomous snakes species? Out of the 11 snake species that live in Vermont, the Timber Rattlesnake is the only one that is venomous, having a triangle-shaped head ...

SLATE RUN – Even for Indian Summer, it was a hot, muggy Saturday morning, setting out at 8 a.m. to hike the full loop of the Golden Eagle Trail, one of Pennsylvania’s most iconic day hikes. Located ...

Iowa DNR veterinarian Rachel Ruden is studying the impact of a viral fungal pathogen on the state’s rattlesnake population. “It affects snakes kind of broadly and the vipers, so things that include ...