There are currently 18 to 19 families of snakes with approximately 2,950 different species. With so many snakes, both on land and in the sea, there is a wide variety of colors and sizes. In the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louisiana is home to approximately 48 species of snakes, and seven of those species are venomous. Louisiana also is home to a ...

There's have been a couple of sightings of a snake slithering at Brazos Bend State Park. Don't worry, it's nonvenomous. Houston native Nazareth Gonzalez spotted a 3-foot broad-banded water snake while ...

Venomous copperheads slither around South Carolina every summer, but many more less-threatening lookalikes do as well. Could you tell the difference? Having that knowledge may better help you avoid ...

It's that time of year — snake-spotting season. That means Jeff Boundy, of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, is getting more calls and emails everyday about the slithering reptiles. ...