Wisconsin’s natural landscapes and diverse wildlife, not to mention 15,000 lakes, make the Dairy State a popular summer destination for outdoor enthusiasts. Wisconsin has steep hills, forests, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Guests at a Wisconsin hotel were in for quite a shock when an unwanted patron tried to join them in the pool. And it was all caught on video. Snakes slithered in the indoor pool.

A minor league baseball team in Wisconsin is named after a snake — the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers — so there has to be plenty of those slithering creatures around us, right? While snakes aren't as ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has ...

The slender brown-and-yellow Butler's garter snake is a mild-mannered creature that spends its time sheltering in burrows and eating earthworms. But it has sparked a heated dispute between the ...

— Erin Clawson, Sun Prairie, Wis. A Dr. Christoph Mans, exotic animal specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Veterinary Care Hospital: There are more than 3,400 snake species worldwide, ...