The timber rattlesnake has a large and heavy body. Adults of this species typically grow to be 2.5 to 5 feet in length, but there are reports of 7-foot-long snakes. They weigh 1 to 3 pounds, on ...

National Guard Black Hawk helicopter executes dramatic mountain rescue of teenager bitten by timber rattlesnake while fishing in remote Avery County wilderness.

The timber rattlesnake is one of North America's most dangerous snakes, widely found across the east of the country. They typically measure 36 to 60 inches in length, when mature, and although ...

How to identify: The timber rattlesnake has "large, heavy-bodied pit vipers have broad, triangular heads and extremely variable color patterns. Some are almost jet black. Others appear sulfur ...

A teenager was bitten by a rattlesnake while on a high school trip in North Carolina. The 17-year-old was airlifted to the ...

Timber rattlesnake. Appearance: They vary in size and color but can been recognized for their "velvet" black tail. They have irregular blotches along the neck and thick, jagged bands across the ...

Sweetwater, Texas, population 10,000, has held its rattlesnake roundup annually since 1958, when hunters extracted more than 3,000 pounds of western diamondbacks from their hideaways in the nearby ...

22News viewers sent photos of a timber rattlesnake that they saw near Bear Hole Reservoir in West Springfield. For tips on how to avoid the endangered species, visit WWLP.com.

The Western Massasauga has 1,182 confirmed sightings all across the state, except for northwest Kansas. The prairie rattlesnake has nearly 1093 sightings, nearly all west of U.S. Highway 281.

Two Chapel Hill, North Carolina high school students are reflecting on a survival story that turned an end-of-year camping trip into a near-death experience.