In North Carolina, there’s a lot of buzz around copperheads. Experts repeat the same advice about interacting with copperheads every year: If you see a copperhead, don’t try to catch it, and don’t try ...

A kingsnake wrapped around a copperhead, squeezing it to death, in a South Carolina wildlife management area. Andrew Grosse/provided Andrew Grosse was driving in a coastal wildlife management area ...

Please don’t kill the Eastern kingsnake. Unlike other snakes, such as the copperhead, and like the majority of snakes found in North Carolina, the Eastern kingsnake is not venomous. And its population ...

Copperheads and kingsnakes both inhabit much of the eastern and central United States, but their habitats may be the only thing they have in common. If you’ve ever wondered how to tell these snakes ...

Copperhead snakes peak in late summer as juveniles disperse to find shelter. Eastern black kingsnakes prey on venomous snakes and resist their toxins. Kingsnake presence may reduce copperhead ...

Andrew Grosse was driving in a coastal wildlife management area overseen by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources when there in the road was a kingsnake wrapped around a copperhead, ...