There are plenty of snakes in South Carolina. There are also legless lizards that look like them. Here’s how to tell the ...

Unlike many other water snakes, the Brazos water snake is not a fan of dense vegetation. This snake prefers riverbeds that are free of “clutter.” This makes the Brazos River basin the ideal habitat ...

Very smart, adaptable and cunning, coyotes have integrated themselves into rural and urban habitats across the Tar Heel State ...

Back in 1965, 60 years ago, it was President Lyndon Johnson pulling rank on Gov. George Wallace to deploy the guard to protect demonstrators during a Selma-to-Montgomery march over voting rights for ...

An avid hiker and snake lover in Kamloops came across a northern pacific rattlesnake in the grasslands recently and captured ...

Brian Rambarran, MD, a clinical assistant professor of urology, flies his plane on volunteer rescue missions to help save shelter dogs and other animals in need.

I learned this week that black bears love chicken eggs. In fact, like most of us, black bears also like to eat chickens.

In a rare encounter between nature and sport, a baby hammerhead shark fell from the sky onto a disc golf course in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Players watched in disbelief as an osprey, pursued by ...

The copperhead is the most common venomous snake in South Carolina. The other five types of venomous snakes in the state ...

The state’s venomous snakes — including copperheads — do not get high off the ground, Owens said. Copperheads — the venomous snake most likely to be seen around central North Carolina and the Triangle ...

Alligators aren’t all that’s lurking in southeast swamps as University of Georgia research uncovers increased levels of a ...

Two Chapel Hill, North Carolina high school students are reflecting on a survival story that turned an end-of-year camping ...