As temperatures warm, you may find yourself out and about, wandering Texas' diverse hiking trails. While on the way to mountainous summits or climbing grassy hills, a slithering, scaly reptile could ...
The western diamondback rattlesnake checked off a new portion of the map last November, making Denton County part of the ...
Texas is home to more than 100 snake species, including the western diamondback rattlesnake, which was recently documented ...
As temperatures warm, you may find yourself out and about, wandering Texas' diverse hiking trails. While on the way to mountainous summits or climbing grassy hills, a slithering, scaly reptile could ...
Examining venom from a variety of poisonous snakes, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered why the bite of one small black, yellow and red serpent called ...
A pair of mating Copperheads. Copperheads are common here because they feed mainly on cicadas. They're a nocturnal species and will be active around dusk and at night. North Texas has lots and lots of ...
If you're hiking, hunting, or just spending time outdoors in Texas, there's one sound you don't want to hear: the sharp warning rattle of a snake. And in some parts of the state, the odds of hearing ...
EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - As we experience the traditionally intense heat of August and it becomes drier, water and food sources will become sought after by East Texas wildlife, which may show up in your ...
A physician called to tell me he has a patient who said he was bitten by a snake with brightly colored rings that he killed, but he has no bite marks. The doctor wants to know if I will identify the ...
Ahhh, spring. Trees are budding, wildflowers blooming, butterflies emerging and the grass is greening up. And the snakes are crawling. Calls about reptiles in backyards -- and front yards, houses and ...