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Every summer, without fail, the British press carries alarming stories about snake sightings. On an island that only has one ...

A Tennessee hiker died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake he picked up. Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, and massasauga rattlesnakes are Ohio's three venomous snake species. While venomous, ...

Snakes are found all over the United States, even in Lakes. What are the most snake infested lakes in the United States?

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Scientists bought “snake liquor” in North Korea and identified its contents as the country’s first confirmed records of three venomous species of pit vipers. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In hopes of ...

Snakes are efficient predators, but they are far from invincible. Across different ecosystems, a small group of animals has ...

In hopes of learning more about snake diversity in North Korea, scientists bought several jars of “snake liquor” from a market in its capital city and identified the venomous snakes inside the jars.