ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — They're wild, they're iconic and they belong in Western North Carolina. Chris Gentile, WNC Nature ...

If you're hiking in the Smokies this season, keep an eye (and an ear) out for snakes, particularly these venomous ones.

Smokybrown and American cockroaches can be found pretty much anywhere. How to identify them (and keep them out).

Martinsville was overflowing with avid and budding snake and reptile enthusiasts last Friday and Saturday for Reptile Fest ...

Writhing in pain on a hospital bed in a Kenyan coastal town, teenage snakebite victim Shukurani Konde Tuva faced the grim ...

A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island, only to perish before help could arrive, ...

A Fayetteville wildlife-removal expert says these are the most dangerous creatures you might encounter in Cumberland County.

Aside from birds, hundreds of other types of animals are struck annually, though these incidents rarely cause human injury or ...

In the rocky terrain of the Arabian peninsula, researchers have discovered the black desert cobra, Walterinnesia aegyptia, in Oman for the first time. This venomous snake, previously thought to be ...

Lots of snakes can detect heat, but only three families evolved true infrared targeting. Meet the most iconic predator from ...

The species — at nearly a foot long as a juvenile — is listed as “vulnerable” in Peru and was rescued by wildlife officials.

SC has native venomous snakes like copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes. SCDNR advises people to avoid snakes and to ...