Among the most adept swimmers are sea snakes, which spend their entire lives in the ocean, and water snakes that live in and around fresh-water habitats in the eastern half of the United States.

Lake Livingston is one of the most stunning reservoirs in the whole Lone Star State. If you plan on going, you need to be ...

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are cousins of copperheads — a venomous snake frequently seen in the Triangle. Although cottonmouths are primarily found in the eastern part of the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A fun day playing in the backyard ended with a Florida boy spending several days in the ICU after he was attacked by a venomous snake. Now, the boy is slowly regaining his ...

Take a second look before you condemn one of the plentiful, and harmless, water snakes with the reputation of its less-friendly cousin, the western cottonmouth. Also known by the name water moccasin, ...

When it comes to animal identification, people are often quick to imagine they are seeing something truly bizarre (and non-existent) than they are to conclude that they have seen something truly ...

The northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon), also known as the common watersnake, can be found throughout Ohio. In fact, it has been spotted in all but six of Ohio's 88 counties, according to ...

Arkansas is home to 39 species of snakes, and six of them are venomous. Thankfully, not all of these venomous snakes inhabit Arkansas’ waterways. Of those 39 species, only about seven snakes are ...

seven year old Elijah bustamante has his smile back after *** scary encounter with *** snake left him in the hospital. We talked to Elijah and his mom about what happened outside their Green Cove ...