Geiger didn't realize the snake was a poisonous copperhead. So he tried to nudge the reptile with his water bottle, the hospital said. He then made a "split-second decision" that he says he now ...

A New York man dodged death when he was bit by a venomous snake while bike riding in New Jersey. Dan Geiger was pedaling along the Palisades Cliffs recently when he saw a snake in the middle of ...

Readington Township resident Robert Quinlan saw this snake on Mountain Road in early September 2014. It's a Northern water snake, not a venomous Northern copperhead. (Photo by Robert Quinlan ...

Northern water snake Snake sightings are common in the summer and fall, but chances of encountering a venomous snake in Hunterdon County are slim. The state Department of Environmental Protection ...

In New Jersey, all snakes are protected under the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act (N.J.S.A. 23:2A-1-13), which makes it illegal for anyone to kill, collect or harass native ...

There is another venomous snake lurking in Garden State backyards: the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus. Like the northern copperhead, this reptile has never been known to kill a human in New ...

Side-by-side comparison of three commonly confused snake species in Louisiana: (Left) venomous copperhead; (Middle) venomous cottonmouth water moccasins; (Right) harmless diamondback watersnake.

Copperhead snakes are slithering through South Carolina just in time for the summer, and residents are reporting sightings. In North America, the venomous snake species is commonly encountered.