Ohio is home to three rare venomous snakes: the timber rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the massasauga rattlesnake. The timber rattlesnake and massasauga rattlesnake are both endangered species in ...

An 11-year-old boy bitten by a snake in Australia died after suffering "extensive internal bleeding due to brown snake envenomation," according to reporting by USA TODAY. His father did not seek ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Hikers and campers in Brown County State Park, Indiana, are being reminded to stay vigilant as timber rattlesnakes, the state’s most venomous snake, are present in the area.

A hiker in Alabama’s Oak Mountain State Park was stopped in his tracks recently by a plump rattlesnake that temporarily blocked his passage. The accompanying footage, captured by David Graves, shows ...

The meager dating pool available to Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake poses this problem for Michigan's only species of venomous snake: inbreeding. New research led by a former Michigan State University ...

A man is dead after attempting to pick up a rattlesnake while hiking on a trail in south-central Tennessee resulted in a lethal bite. The man was rushed to a hospital, where he later likely died from ...

A man is dead after attempting to pick up a rattlesnake while hiking on a trail in south-central Tennessee resulted in a lethal bite. Grundy County is about five hours southeast of Vanderburgh County.

A man is dead after attempting to pick up a rattlesnake while hiking on a trail in south-central Tennessee resulted in a lethal bite. Grundy County is about six-and-a-half hours southeast of ...

An Eastern massasauga rattlesnake later dubbed “Gertrude” or “Gertie” gave birth at University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The Eastern massasauga is Michigan's only venomous snake. There ...

A Tennessee hiker died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake he picked up. Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, and massasauga rattlesnakes are Ohio's three venomous snake species. While venomous, ...