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.

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 ...

Editor’s note: A version of this post was first published on Jan. 26, 2023. A rattlesnake removal company in Arizona posted an image of a Western diamondback rattlesnake that was camouflaged so ...

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

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.

New Jersey is home to a rich diversity of snake species, and several of its lakes and rivers are teeming with slithering ...

Timber rattlesnake: Brown or tan with wide, dark crossbands and grows more than four feet. Its tail is entirely black and is found in the eastern third of the state in wooded areas in wet bottomlands.

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 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 ...