Western cottonmouth. Image by Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The cottonmouth ...

Water moccasins or cottonmouth snakes are venomous reptiles commonly found in the southeastern region of the United States (the texas rat snake is also common in this region.) Their bites can cause ...

A TikTok user has shared footage showing a snake slithering just beneath the surface in a Texas river. Amyjogarciaa’s intro reads: “The reason why I don’t float in the river in New Braunfels.” New ...

A viral TikTok video shows a harmless diamondback water snake in the Comal River, causing some to rethink tubing in New ...

Grand Strand Medical Center emergency residents were given a series of challenges related to wilderness medicine at the ...

All rattlesnakes found in Oklahoma produce a powerful and dangerous venom that destroys tissue and disrupts blood clotting. Although copperheads are responsible for the most snakebites in the United ...

She added it's very often mistaken as a cottonmouth snake. The large and stout nonvenomous snake is usually in the 3-to-4-foot range. Diamondback water snakes are almost always found close to ...

Rodents and larger insects can also create holes in the ground that are perfect spaces for snake nests. These holes can be found embedded in grass, in piles of dirt or sand, or under piles of logs or ...

If a clearly identified venomous snake is in an area where it represents a danger to people or pets, visit ...