Keep dogs on a leash and keep that leash short when walking in natural areas where rattlesnakes can be found. Dogs roaming ...

Spiders don’t carry diseases, the way ticks and mosquitoes do, and in the United States, where thousands of species of spiders live, there are only a few venomous types that cause concern — notably, ...

Gray rat snakes are among the most common snakes in Mississippi. Their unique body shape helps them climb almost anything.

For Skip Kernan, 65, it wasn’t a hike in the woods that led to a medical emergency. It was a day on the golf course.

Snakes are elegant and cute, and don't go looking for humans to troll. Let's protect them from all the stupid things we do.

Parents in South Carolina have been arrested and charged after their 6-month-old baby girl was found with multiple bite marks from a field rat.

Akayla Bearden and Justin Bearden were arrested by deputies on two charges of unlawful conduct toward a child after authorities say their 6-month-old baby was found being eaten by a rat, according ...

Two South Carolina parents were arrested after officials found their 6-month-old baby covered in rat bites.