WEBSTER, FL -- A Florida family is mourning the loss of their heroic puppy who gave his life to save his human brothers. Gina Richardson told CNN that two of her kids were playing in the backyard when ...

If you saw a snake in your backyard, would you know if it was venomous? Sure, it's easy to tell a rattler from a rat snake, but other species are harder to identify. To give us some pointers, the ...

A "huge" and "well-fed" black mamba has been caught after setting up home by an informal settlement near Durban, South Africa, where dozens of people were living. Nick Evans, who rescues snakes in the ...

The World Health Organization estimates that as many as 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes each year. Snakebite injuries leave around 400,000 people permanently disabled or disfigured. Between 80 ...

A prototype treatment for snake bite envenoming proves effective against the venom of African and Asian elapid snakes, such as some cobra, mamba, and krait species, new research shows. Snakes bite 5.4 ...

Georgia has 47 different species of snakes. Here’s what to do when you see one. John Jensen, Georgia DNR There are 47 of them in Georgia. Only seven of them are venomous. However, you’ll most likely ...