From Toledo Bend Reservoir to Lake Sweetwater, here is a roundup of the five most snake-packed lakes across Texas. Watch your ...

As temperatures warm, you may find yourself out and about, wandering Texas' diverse hiking trails. While on the way to mountainous summits or climbing grassy hills, a slithering, scaly reptile could ...

The United States is home to many snake species. While most are harmless, some can be very dangerous to humans. Knowing which ...

If you're hiking, hunting, or just spending time outdoors in Texas, there's one sound you don't want to hear: the sharp warning rattle of a snake. And in some parts of the state, the odds of hearing ...

Examining venom from a variety of poisonous snakes, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered why the bite of one small black, yellow and red serpent called ...

The Texas coral snake's bite rarely kills, but it can cause intense, persistent pain. Delving into the mechanism underlying the reptile's vicious venom, researchers have discovered two chemicals that ...

Most southeast Texas snakes are harmless, and the region's handful of venomous species would rather not waste their energy or their toxins on something they cannot eat. A few recent incidents — bites ...

Seven venomous snakes call Louisiana home, including coral snakes, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes and copperheads. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 7,000 to 8,000 people get bitten by ...

A pair of mating Copperheads. Copperheads are common here because they feed mainly on cicadas. They're a nocturnal species and will be active around dusk and at night. North Texas has lots and lots of ...

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Texas woman says she feels like “the luckiest person alive” after a snake fell out of the sky and landed on her and was then attacked by a hawk. Peggy Jones told KPRC, KSAT’s ...