Happily, our country’s only venomous water snake is the cottonmouth (also known as the water moccasin), which lives in the southeastern states. Snakes have no fins, no webbed feet and no limbs. How, ...

Rattlesnake encounters are rare, but spring is that time of year when hikers, runners and dog walkers are more likely to encounter one in Southern California. Warmer and dry weather means more people ...