The North American cobras Texans have to lookout for are coral snakes, which are red and black with yellow rings around its ...

Texas leads the nation in snake diversity, with more than 100 species and subspecies — and the most rattlesnake species of ...

Although there are more than 100 snake species and subspecies in Texas, there are only four groups of venomous snakes. If you can safely identify them, you have a better chance of avoiding bites.

Experts warn that cooler, rainy summer conditions have created ideal circumstances for increased copperhead activity in ...

Last week, I answered a question about coral snakes. In this column, I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers.

Coral snakes are rare and possess neurotoxic venom, unlike the hemotoxin of pit vipers. World Snake Day is July 16, but at The Clarion Ledger and The Hattiesburg American, we're having Snake Week.

The species is also one of the few pit vipers that lay eggs. The Bronx facility began a husbandry program for the snakes in 2011, with this year’s arrivals greeted as the firstborn from the effort.