Doctors worked to save Allie Brasfield's leg after a rattlesnake bit the 2nd grader at a Gilbert park recently.

A man in Chester, Va., spotted a venomous copperhead on the washing machine in his apartment and narrowly avoided being bit by the reptile, which was removed by Virginia Wildlife Management and Contro ...

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Friday that would have made some undocumented immigrants eligible for up to $150,000 in state-backed home loans, rejecting a proposal ...

In other words, back off is what the rattler is saying – the same message the night snake sends as it shakes the tip of its silent tail. The gopher snake is another harmless species that shakes ...

The vast public property, spanning Jasper and Hampton counties, is called the Coosawhatchie Heritage Preserve and Wildlife ...

In November, California voters will be asked to make a decision on a series of issues including Proposition 34. The prop would limit how certain healthcare providers spend revenues from a federal ...

Three wildfires surround Dr. Karen Jakpor’s Southern California home and she doesn’t know where to go. Even though fire lines are miles away, smoke billows down the mountains into the hills ...

“There’s no need to be so scared of them if you just know their limitations,” he said, holding the snake between his thumb and forefinger. This is called “free-handling” — the ...

California’s Line Fire is burning so intensely that it created its own weather. Dramatic pyrocumulus, or “fire clouds,” exploded over the fire Monday at the exact time a high-resolution ...

On this visit he brought in a frog, gopher snake and four different species of tortoise. Mr. Drew said gopher snakes are one of the animals most often killed in the wild, partly because of their own ...

The Bridge Fire in California grew 10 times in size over 24 hours to become the state’s largest wildfire, destroying at least 33 homes by Wednesday night, as firefighters grappled with three ...

Multiple wildfires devoured thousands of acres in Southern California in September on the heels of the state’s fourth-largest fire in history, the Park Fire, that ignited at the end of July.