Stories from past North Carolina copperhead seasons to help prepare for living alongside the slithery creatures.

The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction. The Memphis Zoo is celebrating ...

"Baby rattlesnakes will be basking with their mothers in this communal birthing area for … 1-2 months before snakes enter winter hibernation," Taylor told USA TODAY. One photo shared with USA ...

When you think of getting a cute, cuddly pet, a snake is probably not the first animal to cross your mind. That’s not their persona at all. Pet snakes have a reputation for being emotionless. However, ...

Catch a look at Rocket: today's Pet of the Week from Tri-County Humane Society!

Owens explained that baby copperhead bites — and copperhead bites in general — are rare. Snakes generally won ... “Things like pet food or bird seed can attract rodents, and then the ...

Jeffrey Leibowitz, a snake handler in Florence, was treated with antivenom after being bitten by an inland taipan, one of the ...

While trying to understand how the venoms of two clinically important species of snakes in India, Indian spectacled cobra and Russell’s viper, develop from birth to adulthood, a group of scientists ...

Legislators and deadly reptile owners are questioning South Carolina exotic pet rules after a Florence County man was bitten ...