In the U.S., there are roughly thirty species of venomous snakes, most of them rattlesnakes. Most people will never have a ...

The cottonmouth, or water moccasin, is often regarded as one of the most dangerous snakes in the southern United States.

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 ...