As temperatures warm, you may find yourself out and about, wandering Texas' diverse hiking trails. While on the way to mountainous summits or climbing grassy hills, a slithering, scaly reptile could ...

Examining venom from a variety of poisonous snakes, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered why the bite of one small black, yellow and red serpent called ...

Ahhh, spring. Trees are budding, wildflowers blooming, butterflies emerging and the grass is greening up. And the snakes are crawling. Calls about reptiles in backyards -- and front yards, houses and ...

The Texas coral snake's bite rarely kills, but it can cause intense, persistent pain. Delving into the mechanism underlying the reptile's vicious venom, researchers have discovered two chemicals that ...

Those who have a phobia of snakes might want to steer clear of this Southern state with more species of the reptile than ...

KARNACK, Texas -- As summer sets in, residents across the region should be aware that snakes are becoming increasingly active. According to experts, snakes are emerging from a hibernation-like state ...