Sept. 4 (UPI) --A reptile wrangler was called to a California home where the family had barricaded themselves upstairs to hide from a deadly rattlesnake that found its way inside. Ryan Jessup of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. One Inland Empire family received an ...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — One homeowner in Martin County had a close call with a rattlesnake on Thursday. The Martin County Sheriff's Office Animal Control was called to remove the snake, which had made ...

Rattlesnakes are the only native venomous snakes in California. Here's where they live and what to do if you are bitten.

It was a dangerous case of mis-snake-en identity. An Australian hiker had to be hospitalized after being bitten by a snake he believed to be non-venomous while bringing it home to show his kids. Local ...

An unidentified hiker in Australia was “extremely lucky” after being bitten by what he thought was a harmless diamond python, which he had captured and took home to show his kids. Unfortunately, it ...

An Arizona woman came home to a slithering surprise when she found a huge black snake chilling out in her toilet. The nightmarish encounter happened July 15, when Michelle Lespron returned to her home ...

Snakes often get a bad rap. While they're often misunderstood as aggressive, many experts will tell you they are not naturally hostile and don't seek to chase or attack. Instead, they are defensive ...

Native to the rainforests of Brazil, the rattlesnake plant (Goeppertia insignis - formerly known as Calathea lancifolia) is a ...