We wanted to find out more about snakes and, in particular, two of the most common you could encounter, including the black rat snake and copperheads. It’s that time of year again for all things ...

In North Carolina, we’re used to having snakes around, and they occasionally make headlines for getting caught in some unusual situations. For example, snakes have made national headlines this summer ...

Q. In a recent column you said bushmasters are the largest pit vipers in the world. I was told pit vipers have vertical pupils, which is one way to determine if a snake is venomous. However, you ...

This week’s featured creature is fairly common, and it isn’t uncommon for it to venture into residential yards. And because of that, the western rat snake has probably met the business end of a shovel ...

On Friday morning at Everglades Holiday Park, Darren Bergmair and Pete Gutzmann, friends who traveled here from Fort Myers, learned how to catch a snake, namely the ubiquitous Burmese Python. Teaching ...