I shot a snake last Sunday. Lucky for the snake I was using a camera. A lot of Oklahomans would have used something more lethal. "That is one of the prettiest Northern water snakes (Nerodia sipedon ...

Take a second look before you condemn one of the plentiful, and harmless, water snakes with the reputation of its less-friendly cousin, the western cottonmouth. Also known by the name water moccasin, ...

Everything to know about copperhead snakes and other venomous snakes — how to identify them, how to avoid them, what to do if you (or your pet) are bitten, and more. Cottonmouth snakes, also known as ...

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 ...

Gape-limited predators, such as snakes, might rely on phenotypic plasticity to cope with variation in prey size, but experimental studies have found mixed evidence for plasticity in snake head ...