About 25 million people, or 8% of the population of the U.S., live in the Ohio River basin. The river spans 981 miles, starting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flowing to Cairo, Illinois, where it ...

In Ohio, three venomous snake species can be found, but one is known more for its bite than the others. According to an Ohio ...

The Ohio River is also an ideal habitat for snakes. What types of snakes inhabit the Ohio River? Are they venomous, and how can you tell? Let’s find out. Common watersnakes are nonvenomous.

That recently happened at an Ohio state park. Visitors reported to supervisors at Hueston Woods State Park that they had ...

Ohio lawmakers have been designating state symbols since the early 19th century. Animals, plants and even prehistoric fossils ...

Scott Butterworth, District 2 Manager with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, with smooth green snake during a recent snake survey at Kildeer Plains Wildlife Area.

The new movie “The Python Hunt” follows the Florida Python Challenge: A 10-day competition to remove the most pythons from ...

Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. [email protected]. The Ohio Lottery was supposed to cover the costs of the ...

An Ohio man who was driving a moving truck carrying his family and more than 30 reptiles when it overturned in 2023 in ...

A high school student fishing in North Carolina’s mountainous Pisgah National Forest found himself in a dangerous predicament when he was bitten by a large rattlesnake — more than 2 miles from ...