Texas A&M AgriLife experts share insights on snake behavior, tips to prevent unnecessary fear of snakes and reduce the risk of a bite.

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice — especially after exposure to their urine, droppings, and ...

The picture of a snake lying in wait in a toilet is nightmare fuel for many and a shocking reality for one lodge. According to a Feb. 25 Facebook post from Stellenbosch Snake Removal, the South ...

Unfortunately, snakes slithering into commodes is not uncommon. In December, a Texas woman was bitten by a non-venomous rat snake shortly after sitting on the toilet during a nighttime visit to ...

Texas’s copperheads such as the eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), broad-banded copperhead (Agkistrodon laticinctus), and the Trans-Pecos copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster) ...

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(NewsNation) — California is the only state to ban the most lethal type of rat poison, so more rodents are living large these days, especially in Los Angeles. According to pest control experts, the ...

Let’s explore the largest rat snake ever! We will find out the secrets of this massive snake. Let us look deeper into its gigantic size and unique physical characteristics. Imagine a serpent so large ...

LANCASTER — This year marks the Year of the Snake for this Lunar New Year. People born under this sign are determined, wise and mysterious according the the Chinese zodiac. Here are what snakes ...

The live three-foot yellow-bellied sea snake that washed ashore at Honoli’i Beach is "potentially lethal to humans" Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The director of a grocery shop in Swindon, which was forced to close after a serious rat infestation was uncovered, has now pleaded guilty in court and been ordered to pay thousands. Council ...