Distinguishing venomous from non-venomous snakes involves observing head shape, eye pupils, and heat-sensing pits, though ...

Snakes live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, where it’s too cold for these cold-blooded animals. Snakes ...

Within the 17 snake species found in New York, three are venomous. Here's what to know, and how likely you are to see them in ...

Copperhead snake sightings are on the rise as people spend more time outdoors. Know what to look for in Mississippi, how to ...

Other local names for cottonmouths include black moccasins ... that are characteristic of pit vipers, including cottonmouths. When threatened, nonvenomous water snakes — such as common water ...

The well-known copperhead is often mistaken for lesser-known species of nonvenomous snakes. One common snake that is ...

Completely black specimens are not all that rare ... All three venomous snakes native to Pennsylvania are pit vipers.Two facial characteristics common to all pit vipers are vertically elliptical ...

Rattlesnakes are pit vipers, which are different from ... The timber rattlesnake is “a large, heavy-bodied snake with a series of large, black chevron-like crossbands down the pinkish gray ...