Explore essential identification tips, safety practices, and bite responses for copperheads in North Carolina.

Though small, its venom can cause serious, life-altering tissue damage through necrosis. While rarely fatal, a bite can leave permanent scars. This live-bearing viper is commonly found close to the ...

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[Photo provided to China Daily] In her interpretation, the Green Snake represents the animal part. "Like your inner self," Zhou says during a sharing session at Shanghai Library East earlier this ...

Sure, it’s just a green foliaged thing, but it’s a doer through and through. The cultivar "Autumn Bride" offers fabulously fuzzy green leaves and large wands of green/white flowers late into ...

Here are five kinds of non-venomous snakes that are safe to be around and important for keeping their ecosystems healthy. Found mainly in grassy areas and forests, green snakes are known for their ...

Dan Geiger was cycling on the path along the Palisades cliffs that stretches from Fort Lee into Englewood Cliffs and Alpine, when he spotted a small snake on the path near the cliffs. Geiger, a writer ...

More than 5,000 people in New Jersey — including about 1,000 at the Shore — are registered owners of exotic pets, ranging from ferrets and parrots to chinchillas and poison dart frogs.

The northern water snake is the most commonly spotted species here, often seen basking on rocks along the shore. The forested buffer zone and undeveloped surroundings also attract rough green ...

Trials using conservation detection dogs to find the snakes in the Riverland have so far had positive results. Dogs have been trained to find a variety of things — drugs, cancer, biosecurity ...