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Michigan is a beautiful state, and for the outdoor lover, it could be the perfect summer vacation destination. But any lover ...

Explore two decades of snakebite data in Florida, uncovering why these incidents happen and ways to prevent it.

I had a reader send me a picture of a snake that he found in his driveway. After the initial shock, he correctly identified ...

Vine snakes refer to several genera of snakes in the family Colubridae. They include Oxybelis, a genus of New World vine ...

Summer time, and the living is easy, or so the song says. Warmer weather does seem to bring people outside more with an ...

A recent sighting of an Eastern Hog-nosed snake on the sands of Ocean City has captured public attention, prompting wildlife ...

With spring is full swing and summer not too far away, those that frequent the outdoors are bound to see more snakes slithering in the Show-Me State. Snakes come out to play ...

Bennett True set a goal last summer that others might find unthinkable: to give a live demonstration with highly venomous ...

The accompanying footage shows how one bass fisherman reacted recently when a garter snake slithered from the fish’s gullet and passed between his hands, causing him to fling his catch to the ground ...

Michigan is home to 18 species of snakes, only one of which is venomous, and four that have been declared endangered, ...

Washington’s annual northern pikeminnow reward fishery on the Columbia and Snake rivers opened on Thursday, offering anglers ...