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 ...

Teen Felt a Prick, Then Spotted Rattlesnake. When He Rolled Down His Sock, He Saw 'Two Red Dots and Blood' “I knew it was potentially deadly,” said Zain Shah, who was hospitalized after the bite ...

A hiss or a rattle- during the summers you should be on the lookout for all such kinds of sounds. From the bushes or under ...

A Charlotte 17-year-old was rescued from Pisgah National Forest after he was bitten by a timber rattlesnake on June 2. The Chapel Hill High student, who identified himself to the Charlotte ...

Timber rattlesnakes reach up to 7 feet (the average is 5 feet) and the venom is “potent enough to kill a human,” the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute reports.

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 ...

A western diamond-backed rattlesnake lays inside Rattlesnake Canyon on Oct. 2, 2014. BRENDAN SULLIVAN A blue spiny-tailed lizard lays inside Rattlesnake Canyon on Oct. 2, 2014.

An Arizona biologist encountered the same Western diamondback rattlesnake at a campsite 4 years apart near Signal ghost town. Learn about their reunion.

An Arizona biologist encountered the same Western diamondback rattlesnake at a campsite 4 years apart near Signal ghost town. Learn about their reunion.