Texas snakes are out of hibernation and becoming increasingly active due to warming temperatures. What kind of snake is this? Here's a Texas guide that can help.

(credit: Texas A&M) Wildlife specialist Maureen Frank, Ph.D., with Texas A&M AgriLife, said, "People can encounter snakes while walking trails, camping or just doing summer yard work around the ...

Although there are more than 100 snake species and subspecies in Texas, there are only four groups of venomous snakes. If you can safely identify them, you have a better chance of avoiding bites.

According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife, there are 10 species of rattlesnakes in Texas including the most common, the western diamondback. The post said it is not unusual for snakes to seek ...

Universal Pictures International. Lone ... a family member or friend are one of the hundreds of Texans bitten by venomous snakes this year. (Annually, Texas accounts for about 1,000 of the 5,000 ...

Huge snake strangles hawk in 'life-or-death battle' in Texas, stunning photos show By Madeline Farber Fox News Published March 28, 2019 11:26am EDT ...

Exotic pet stores are required to record the names and addresses of every buyer who purchases a snake covered by the state regulations, but they aren’t required to submit those records to the state.

DALLAS — Updated at 8:30 p.m. with a clarification on what kind of snake is shown in the picture above. Thanks to Mark Pyle, president of the Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society and founder ...

Six venomous snakes make their home in the Greater Houston area, the Texas coral snake and five pit vipers - the southern copperhead, western cottonmouth, western pygmy rattlesnake, western ...

A Texas landowner recently came across a gray and black rattlesnake curled up on a tree and quickly realized there’s “something a little different” about it, according to wildlife officials ...

Remember, you’re more likely to get bitten while attempting to kill a snake than if you simply leave it alone. In fact, you’re five times as likely to die from a lightning strike as from a ...