Antivenom for copperhead bites can cost up to $77,000 per dose, but most patients pay less thanks to insurance or hospital ...

Summer is finally here, and humans aren't the only ones enjoying the warm weather -- snakes are slithering out of their dens ...

Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, south to the Keys. In Florida, the Black rat snake readily mates with the gray rat snake (Pantherophis spiloides). This is the ...

The Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi), known for its lustrous, blue-black scales, is one of North America’s most fascinating and important snake species. As the longest native snake in the ...

There’s another snake that lives in North Carolina that you really, really shouldn’t try to catch or kill: the Eastern kingsnake. Eastern kingsnakes may be found across the eastern United ...

There’s another snake that lives in North Carolina that you really, really shouldn’t try to catch or kill: the Eastern kingsnake. Why? Three big reasons: Here’s a primer on Eastern kingsnakes.

Discover the exciting facts surrounding the Rat Snake bite! Rat snakes, the friendly inhabitants of numerous regions worldwide, are harmless serpents. They boast sleek bodies, striking patterns, and ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — As the weather is getting warmer in Eastern North Carolina, people are starting to see more copperhead snakes. “Copperheads are a venomous snake. They’re common in ...

Working diligently in her home office recently, Anita Drummond was jolted from her project when she spotted an eastern rat snake slithering down a nearby tree and through the leaf litter in her ...

The copperhead, or Agkistrodon contortrix, is a large and venomous snake found in terrestrial and semi-aquatic habitats in the eastern United ... Alabama to North Carolina, according to the ...

Rat snakes can climb trees and walls, looking for bird eggs and frogs. They also eat rodents, which may be the reason they’re slithering inside your house. Same with the Eastern rat snake.