Gopher snakes are muscular, long serpents that can be intimidating because of their size; however, but there’s little to fear because they are nonvenomous. In fact, they are important to keeping the ...

Scarlett Mount started her snake walks in Aiken to spread awareness about snakes and share her love for the misunderstood reptile. “It was really important to me to start teaching people that snakes ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources wants residents to know that snakes are crawling during summertime, so take care to be on the watch when hiking, fishing, ...

Contrary to popular belief, not all snakes lay eggs. Several species, including the green anaconda and common boa constrictor, give birth to live youn ...

This is a guest essay by consultant biologist and medical scientist Clifford Warwick. His co-edited book titled Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles is one of the world’s leading scientific volumes ...

Adder is a word derived from an Old English term meaning serpent, and it can refer to several types of snakes, including some species that are only distantly related. Some adders are in the viper ...

40-year-old wildlife conservationist Vava Suresh has a way with snakes. His life’s mission is to ‘love and guard’ even the most venomous of slithery creatures – he’s already rescued over 30,000 snakes ...

When Allison Baker moved to what she calls “snake heaven,” a home on 2.5 acres just outside of Dallas–Fort Worth, Tex., her greatest fear was a dangerous encounter between her young children and one ...

They all live in our area. They are Copperheads, the Western Cottonmouth, Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes and the Coral snakes. COPPERHEADS - The adult is about 30 inches long with a ...