Fluffy snow fell in parts of the metro Charlotte on Feb. 5, adding to icy conditions left by a historic winter storm that walloped all 100 North Carolina counties in January. Temperatures were slow to ...

Copperhead snake bites surged in Mississippi over the summer, but you’re less likely to get bit — or even see a copperhead — during the colder months, wildlife experts said. Copperhead bites made up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Southern copperhead snake. (Jason Ondreicka/Dreamstime/TNS) (Jason Ondreicka/TNS) Some folks may say one good thing about the ...

Some folks may say one good thing about the cold weather is no copperheads. That’s right, across much of South Carolina copperheads and other snakes have entered what’s called brumation. It’s when ...

Winter in Georgia means cooler temperatures, fewer insects and no more snake sightings. Well, maybe everything except that last part. It seems like copperheads in Georgia disappear during the winter, ...

Many people believe water moccasins are harmless while cottonmouths are the truly dangerous ones — but they’re actually the same snake. Both names refer to Agkistrodon piscivorus, the only venomous ...

Ohio is home to three rare venomous snakes: the timber rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the massasauga rattlesnake. The timber rattlesnake and massasauga rattlesnake are both endangered species in ...