On an island in Papua New Guinea, a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue made itself at home in a village garden — or it tried to, at least. Locals spotted the “smooth” animal and caught it. They ...

Copperheads are the only venomous snake you’re likely to encounter in the Triangle and central NC. Here’s how to identify and ...

Additionally, some venomous snakes can be identified based on head shape, pupils, fangs, rattles, neck size, tail scales, as well as color and pattern. Timber rattlesnakes, also called "canebrake ...

These snakes have two species in South Carolina, the Carolina pygmy, and the dusky pygmy. Dusky pygmies often live near water and can be identified by their bluish-gray color or nearly black ...