These stories provide essential information on how to avoid encounters with copperheads, North Carolina’s most abundant venomous snake -- including understanding their habitats and recognizing their ...

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- One woman's morning run took an unexpected twist when she encountered a large ball of slithering snakes in Charlotte, North Carolina. "I saw what I thought was one big ...

North Carolina's copperhead snakes are active much of the year, with experts advising residents to watch for their distinctive hourglass markings and yellow-tipped tails on juveniles. Bites often ...

Copperheads are the most common venomous snakes in North Carolina, often found hiding in leaf piles, wood stacks, and low ground cover. Learning to identify them by their brownish color and hourglass ...

The weather is getting warmer, and that means you can expect to see more snakes slithering around. Experts say more than 30 different species of snakes live in North Carolina. Most live in wooded ...

Warmer weather means more snakes out and about and in North Carolina, there are a number of venomous types. According Dr. Benjamin German, an emergency medicine physician with WakeMed, their emergency ...

It’s that time of year when snakes begin emerging, like the eastern hognose snake, who has an incredible zombie defense ...