The thought of a snake bite is enough to make your heart race but before you panic and channel your inner cowboy, drop the idea of sucking out the venom. If you’re unlucky enough to cross paths with a ...

A copperhead snake attack was caught on camera in Oconee County this month, leading to a hospital visit. Resident Amanda Rossman wasn't expecting to cross paths with a copperhead while letting her dog ...

As temperatures rise across Oklahoma, so does the risk of snake bites. Copperheads, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes are all native to the state, and they become more active in the spring and summer. Dr ...

Mississippi is home to six venomous snakes, including copperheads, rattlesnakes, water moccasins and coral snakes. A new study found that most people wait too long to seek help after a venomous snake ...

Snake envenomation statistics vary from region to region worldwide. In countries with limited or no access to antivenom, the risk of death from a venomous bite is significantly higher. Even in ...

North Carolina leads the nation in an unpleasant category — number of snakebites per 100,000 residents. Agkistrodon contortrix, commonly known as the copperhead snake, is the most common venomous ...

A new University of Florida study examined 20 years of venomous snake bites and found that most victims waited too long to seek treatment. The study, which looked at 546 cases at one Florida hospital, ...

In 2018, a Corpus Christi man beheaded a rattlesnake that was prowling around his yard. As the man bent down to dispose of the snake, the snake’s head bit him and sent venom into his bloodstream.