Apr. 21—April is known around Scottsdale by experts as "snake month." After months of hibernation, rattlesnakes come out to hunt as the temperatures rise. Indeed, April had barely begun when the ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

A pet dog had a lucky escape after a snake tried to make a meal out of her. Matilda, a small white dog, was rescued by her owner after a carpet python bit her at the family home in Brisbane, Australia ...

Snakes rarely bite humans — and deaths due to snake bites are even rarer — but whether out for a hike or just wandering the yard, dogs do sometimes get bit. “It’s always a safe thing with these ...

An eastern brown snake bit Millie the Staffordshire bull terrier, a dog in Queensland, Australia, several times while she was playing outside with her puppy brother Tonka Kelli Bender is the Pets ...

A dog was receiving medical treatment after being rescued from a precarious hiking trail in Connecticut, where last week he suffered a venomous snake bite, according to animal control. The rescue from ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A metro woman said her dog saved the family from a copperhead snake. The homeowner told Channel 2's Dave Huddleston that she was clearing some brush when she saw the snake. "It ...

It was a warm, wet winter this year across much of the United States. In most states, this means more greenery, more rabbits, more rodents and more snakes — which raises the risk of snake bites for ...

The dog almost always loses, suffering a painful defeat that also bites into its owner’s wallet. Indeed, a few years ago Jill Rials watched in horror as a rattler bit her dog, south of Scottsdale. As ...

The sister of the year award goes to a Staffordshire bull terrier named Milly. The five-year-old dog from Queensland, Australia, is recovering at an animal hospital from several snake bites after ...