The differences between the Cottonmouth snake and Hognose snake. How many facts did you know about these two snakes?

WorldAtlas recently released its list of the most snake-filled bodies of water in North Carolina, and a Wilmington-area river ...

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.

I mistakenly identified this juvenile cottonmouth moccasin for a young copperhead snake in a recent Beacon Close Encounters column. Look at the second photo, a copperhead juvie, and see if you can ...

Read full article: SeaWorld, Aquatica and Discovery Cove announce career opportunities (LEFT) Marc Hermann, 56; (RIGHT) The interior of a burnt-out condo unit The reptile was captured just in time.

“An unusually large” venomous cottonmouth was caught on video by a herpetologist slogging through a muddy coastal wildlife preserve in eastern North Carolina. The snake was “in excess of 5 feet” long, ...

A Texan encountered a venomous cottonmouth snake on their patio, and they dealt with it using a pair of grilling tongs. Screengrab from Facebook post by MJ Madden. When a snake recently slithered onto ...