The RattleCam is back! For the second year in a row, California Polytechnic State University and Dickinson College are live ...

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A. Many Florida snakes breed during the warmer months. In some species, two males will fight each other in a ritualized ...

A venomous cottonmouth is giving people the willies on social media, after a video recorded by an Alabama biologist showed ...

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Each year, 7,000 to 8,000 people in the United States are bitten by venomous snakes. While some of the bites are painful and ...

Copperheads are North Carolina’s most populous venomous snake. Here’s when and where you’re most likely to encounter one.

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North Carolina Discover 6 natural hazards common in NC in the summer, from snakes to deadly heat June 24, 2025 1:41 PM Stories by News & Observer journalists, with AI summarization ...

Tennessee is home to a rich diversity of wildlife, including several species of snakes. While most of the state's snake species are harmless and play important ...

Of the seventeen snake species found in New York State, eleven are native to Long Island — besides the two aforementioned species, others are the Northern water snake, smooth green snake, Eastern ...