New Jersey is a densely populated state, but it also hides some of the Northeast’s rarest snakes. They live in pine forests, ...

Finding a snake in your backyard can turn a peaceful afternoon into a stressful one. Even though many snakes hunt pests like ...

The woman's death marks the third fatal snake attack in California this year, officials said ...

The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to USA TODAY on April 23 that a woman died earlier this month in a ...

Four of the 32 species of snakes in Tennessee are venomous — the copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake and pygmy rattlesnake.

Mistaken euthanasia during a python crackdown led to graphic scenes new state rules and a long legal fight over a rare ...

A new snake species, the Huaxi Green Pitviper (Trimeresurus lii), was discovered in China after being mistaken for a bamboo ...

A captured rattlesnake is held with snake tongs by Jason Magee of OC Snake Removal in Mission Viejo on Tuesday, March 24, ...

At least three people have died from snakebites in California so far this year.

A 78-year-old woman has become the third person to be killed by a snake in California in recent weeks.

Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida’s invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...