EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Las Cruces Police and Fire Departments are providing safety tips to residents in order to avoid snake encounters and potential serious injury during the warm weather. Below ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5)-- The weather is warming up and while it’s time to return to the great outdoors for us to enjoy some fun, snakes are also coming out to soak up the rays. Our newest member of ...

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, snakes are comparatively long-lived. Even small snakes may live as long as 12 years and large species may live 40 years or longer. In urban areas, the average ...

Joe Bronstein frequents the trails around Lake Johnson in Raleigh. While he enjoys talking with fellow hikers, there are other creatures he's wary of this time of year. "I'm definitely on the lookout ...

It's no secret that Texas is absolutely slithering with scores of different snakes, and according to Dalton Hindmarsh, an emergency and critical care specialist at MissionVet Specialty and Emergency, ...

An increase in venomous snake bites, carbon monoxide poisoning and medication errors after storms like Hurricane Erin can lead to illness or even death, a North Carolina Poison Control expert warns.

From rubber tappers in Liberia to sugar cane farmers in South Africa, bites from venomous snakes are a constant worry. 1 In sub-Saharan Africa—which is home to green and black mambas, spitting cobras, ...