Nestled between the Deep South and the Atlantic Ocean, Georgia is famous for its natural beauty. The Peach State is also home ...

Cottonmouth snakes are venomous reptiles found in the southeastern US. They are known for their white mouth lining. Cottonmouths live in swamps and wetlands. They eat fish, lizards, and other ...

Historically, there were distinctions between the eastern cottonmouth (which inhabited the eastern U.S.) and the western cottonmouth (found in states like Alabama, Texas, and along the Gulf Coast).

EASTERN COTTONMOUTH * A venomous, semi-aquatic snake named for the white-lined mouth it flashes as a warning before a strike. Sometimes called a water moccasin, ...

The Carolinas are home to the Eastern cottonmouth, (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a species that averages two to three feet in length and can potentially reach lengths of five or even six feet, but ...

The Carolinas are home to the Eastern cottonmouth, (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a species that averages two to three feet in length and can potentially reach lengths of five or even six feet, but ...

Outdoor Alabama lists six venomous snakes that inhabit the state: the copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake and eastern coral snake.

Eastern Copperhead. Close up view of a young Eastern cottonmouth snake - Agkistrodon piscivorus with its mouth wide open showing white coloring.

A CNU graduate student’s research on venomous cottonmouth snakes will prompt warnings to hikers at Newport News Park.Come springtime, visitors to Newport News Park — one of the largest ...