While Texas Parks and Wildlife explains that the vast majority of Texas' snakes are non-venomous and completely harmless, about 15% are venomous. On average, 1 to 2 people in Texas die annually of ...

Texas leads the nation in snake diversity, with more than 100 species and subspecies — including at least 10 rattlesnake species, which is more than any other state. It’s also one of the few ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The approach of Spring means more than allergies in Texas, it means s-s-s-snake season.

That's the highest number in all of the United States. While Texas Parks and Wildlife explains that the vast majority of Texas' snakes are non-venomous and completely harmless, about 15% are venomous.

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas - It's snake season in Central Texas. As the reptiles slither out of hiding and into your line of sight, there are ways to avoid getting bitten.

It is snake season in Texas. In Hays County, as land development accelerates, snakes are popping up after being displaced ...

Rings on non-venomous snakes, like Texas scarlet snakes, also stop near the upper body. A photo by biologist Mark Bailey from June 2009 shows a coral snake seen in central Alabama (AP Photo/via ...

After this long, brutally hot and dry summer in which many snakes in Texas went into estivation (the summer version of hibernation), snakes perked up with recent rain and more moderate temperatures.

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The start of summer in North Texas marks the start of snake season, and with the hot weather and recent rain, people are seeing more snakes than usual.

The Texas coral snake, a colorful, fixed-fang relative of the cobra, also poises a danger. Bites from coral snakes are relatively rare, but not unheard of; Greene treated three coral snakebites ...

A Texas snake remover who was responding to a call about a "few" snakes under a home found a startling 45 rattlesnakes beneath the house. Big Country Snake Removal responded to a home in Albany ...