Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are venomous snakes found throughout the southeastern U.S. that can be identified by the white color in their mouths.

About 25 million people, or 8% of the population of the U.S., live in the Ohio River basin. The river spans 981 miles, starting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flowing to Cairo, Illinois, where ...

Every spring, the water snakes of Florida (genus Nerodia) ... Both species bear live young; brown water snakes have been known to birth 60 babies at a time, ...

The species is thought to be a Nerodia floridana, more commonly know as a Florida green watersnake. The harmless snake is found in Florida’s waterways and feeds on fish, tadpoles, frogs ...

A ‘Quivering Mass’ of Mating Snakes Took Over a Florida Lake on Valentine’s Day Officials have cordoned off an area of Lake Hollingsworth where Florida water snakes are doing their business ...