Whether you are planning your next hike or hanging out in your backyard, Massachusetts residents should know about the 14 snake species — including two that are venomous — that live in the state.

Only two venomous snake species live in Massachusetts: the timber rattlesnake and the copperhead. Both are endangered, and you will likely never see either of them. Today, those snakes occupy a ...

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 ...

Halloween came early for a family in Springfield, Massachusetts, after a bright orange snake, that had been terrorizing the house for days, vanished.

Experts say there's only five or six rattlesnake populations left in Massachusetts, so this is a rare sighting. If you do spot a snake, contact MassWildlife or the Environmental Police for ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. – A rattlesnake was caught on camera on a wooded hiking trail in Holyoke.The type of snake was confirmed by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife State Herpetologist ...

Massachusetts is home to 14 species of snakes of which two, including timber rattlesnakes, are venomous, according to the state's Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The other venomous snake ...

It is unclear how long the snake had been in the Lewis' home, as the family said they just moved in six months ago. TOP STORIES FROM WCVB: Mass. student detained by ICE awaiting court hearing in ...

BEVERLY, Mass. — A foot-and-a-half-long snake was way out of its comfort zone Sunday and somehow ended up inside a banana shipment at a Market Basket in Manchester, New Hampshire.