Most snakes in Massachusetts are relatively harmless. You leave them alone, and they'll leave you alone, while keeping your yard's ecosystem in balance (think fewer rodents). But, there are two ...

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

With warm (and soon hot) temperatures across North Carolina, snakes are out and about. Here in the Triangle, that means some of us might be seeing venomous copperheads as we visit parks and trails or ...