snakes

Fact-checking an old Southern saying

One is rainbow-colored, one looks just like a worm, one is a miniature rattlesnake—all are part of our region’s wild tapestry of life

Donna Kalil has plunged into canals in the dead of night, straddled two-hundred-pound serpents, and been bitten more times than she can count—all in the name of killing a thing she loves and playing a game she can’t win

Late summer and fall bring hunters and dogs to the field, and more chances for an encounter with a venomous snake. Here’s your bite plan.

Are you sure that slithering reptile in your yard is a snake?

Test your knowledge on these commonly encountered species

Dick Flood taught a generation of schoolkids the joy of snakes