They're the stuff of nightmares, infamous critters that ply the swamps and rivers of South Florida. This area of the Sunshine State is literally crawling with potentially dangerous snakes, but one ...

Venomous cottonmouth snakes are notorious for their camouflage. In fact, if you live in the southeast U.S., you may have walked right past one without even realizing it. Photographer Jeremy Ginn, of ...

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are another of our state’s six venomous snake species. They’re cousins to copperheads, a venomous snake frequently seen throughout the Triangle.

If you saw a snake in your backyard, would you know if it was venomous? Sure, it's easy to tell a rattler from a rat snake, but other species are harder to identify. To give us some pointers, the ...

An invasive Burmese python – and its tracking transmitter – was eaten by another snake in Florida, an X-ray taken at Zoo Miami shows. A slightly larger native cottonmouth consumed the python, Zoo ...

John and Rose Helm were walking their Labradoodle early Monday when they had a surprise sighting of 3-to-4-foot long venomous cottonmouth snake in their Hampton Lake community of Bluffton. While not ...

As the weather warms and animals emerge from their winter slumber, one creature making a particularly deadly return is the snake. Alabama is home to six venomous snake species, making it even more ...