Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep populations of mice, squirrels, other small animals and even insects ...

There are eight common species of snakes you might encounter in Washington and, while they bite and constrict prey, not all of them are venomous. You’re more likely to find snakes spring into fall in ...

Guess which snake species you’re most likely to encounter in the Inland Northwest? Hint: It’s not the western rattlesnake. Not even close. Chances are, you called it a “garden snake” when you were a ...

A minor league baseball team in Wisconsin is named after a snake — the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers — so there has to be plenty of those slithering creatures around us, right? While snakes aren't as ...

UPDATE (May 24, 2021): Since this article was first published in 2017, Poison Control has reported 44 snakebite incidents statewide. Nearly 82% of those —36 bites — were from venomous species. Idaho ...