Toby Hibbitts, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture said the best way to avoid ...

Mack Ralbovsky, vice president of Rainforest Reptile Shows, told ABC News he wasn’t surprised the snake had slipped inside a box of bananas. A mildly venomous Ornate Cat-eyed snake was found in ...

venomous varieties can be quite dangerous to pets and humans who may accidentally come into contact with them. While the common garter snakes you may encounter in your garden you may encounter in ...

Texas A&M AgriLife experts share insights on snake behavior, tips to prevent unnecessary fear of snakes and reduce the risk of a bite.

We may be more likely to see snakes this time of year, as the weather warms. Use this information to make encounters less scary.

All the listed snakes are nonvenomous and harmless to humans. There are only three venomous snakes found in Ohio- the Northern Copperhead, the Eastern Timber Rattlesnake and the Eastern Massasauga.

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An Australian man has described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney garden. David Stein called Reptile ...

Snakes in your yard can be a good thing, but if you need to get rid of snakes, these simple tips will help. Snakes are relatively shy creatures that tend to avoid human contact and mostly keep to ...

“The hitchhiker turned out to be an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake, a mildly venomous snake species native to Ecuador,” the division said. A bite by such a snake is not fatal to humans, but can cause ...

The copperhead and cottonmouth snake species are common to Alabama but how many more are there and what are their habitats?

New Hampshire Fish and Game described the snake as an "unwanted hitchhiker" and noted that it is mildly venomous. The species is native to Ecuador. The snake was unharmed and has since been rehomed.