Kentucky is an outdoor lover's paradise. From the enchanting waterfalls along the Kentucky Wildlands Waterfall Trail to the vast caverns of Mammoth Cave (the largest known cave system on Earth), there ...

Copperhead snakes peak in late summer as juveniles disperse to find shelter. Eastern black kingsnakes prey on venomous snakes and resist their toxins. Kingsnake presence may reduce copperhead ...

POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - We are getting to the time of the year where weather is starting to turn more pleasant to do things outside such as hiking. We are not the only ones that are out enjoying ...

A team of researchers with the University of Kentucky is contributing to a nationwide effort to understand a fungal disease impacting native snake species. Ophidiomycosis, or snake fungal disease (SFD ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - James Harrison, the assistant director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Powell County, gave us a health update after he was bitten by a Jameson’s mamba, a highly venomous snake.