Whether you’re frightened or fascinated by them, snakes have important roles in your garden, eating insects and keeping mice, vole, and rabbit populations in check. They also serve as prey for other ...

Unless you live in one of the very few states with no native snake populations, odds are, you’ve had to deal with a snake slithering through your yard at least once or twice over the years. The good ...

One morning last week, my neighbor and I watched a momma bird help her fledgling launch in my front yard. They went from oak tree to brick house front to the hedge next door to oak tree and back again ...

Nobody wants to find a snake under their deck. However, it's probably not venomous, and the process of getting rid of it is ...

Roughly 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by poisonous snakes each year. Whether you're in the Southeast or Southwest, it's important to be mindful of snakes when you get outside for some fresh air and ...

Copperhead snakes, though the most common biting snake in the U.S., rarely cause fatalities. Six venomous snake species reside in Mississippi, including the copperhead, rattlesnakes, water moccasins, ...

Jeff Leibowitz is an advocate of free-handling, in which people control venomous snakes using their bare hands “See how she’s trying to get me,” Jeff Leibowitz says as he holds a thin grey snake ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — When an ostrich was spotted weaving through traffic on Louise Ave. in Sioux Falls this week, Sioux Falls Animal Control was called, but they themselves made a call while on ...

Japan's islands teem with diverse snake species, from harmless rat snakes controlling pests to the venomous mamushi.