If you capture this snake in South Carolina, you'll want to let it loose. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes listing the southern hognose snake a threatened species under the Endangered ...

There's usually a sense of excitement about what lies beneath the Christmas tree, but for one festive family the biggest surprise was lurking in the branches up above. Rob and Marcela Wild wasted no ...

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

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 ...