Snakes are often seen as scary or dangerous, but many are actually incredibly beautiful. From bright colours to unique patterns, these reptiles are as fascinating to look at as they are important for ...

There are six species of venomous snakes in North Carolina, each with unique features and interesting behaviors.

Ohio is home to three rare venomous snakes: the timber rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the massasauga rattlesnake. The timber rattlesnake and massasauga rattlesnake are both endangered species in ...

Advanced video techniques reveal exactly how snake bites work and show various snake species have evolved very different strategies.

Scientists filmed 36 snake species to study their strike speed. They found vipers, elapids, and colubrids each use unique ...

High-speed video helped researchers to get close-ups of the attack strategies of three snake families. By Ari Daniel Venomous snakes inhabit a different perceptual world than we do. “Before the mammal ...

Florida is home to 46 native snake species, four invasive species, and six categories of venomous snakes. Venomous snakes like cottonmouths and various rattlesnakes are found in and around many of ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --A New South Wales, Australia, man called for help when a venomous tiger snake slithered across his foot while he was a passenger in his car. Tanny Parsons said he was riding in the ...

To capture snake strikes on video, scientists put medical gel on a stick and warmed it to mimic the body temperature of a mammal. Then, they waited for the snakes to attack. Oliver Neuman via ...

"Known as 'Georgia's Little Amazon,' the Altamaha River winds 137 miles from central Georgia and out to the Atlantic Ocean. It's the largest free-flowing river on the east coast and Georgia’s largest ...