A hiker who died of a snake bite in a scenic state park in Tennessee made one fatal mistake: he reportedly picked up the venomous reptile. The man, who has not been identified, was just half a mile ...

Deaths from venomous snakes are increasingly rare. The adventurer, whose identity has not been made public, was bitten around 12:30 p.m. local time on Aug. 8 while hiking in Savage Gulf State Park in ...

Rattlesnakes are best admired from a safe distance. That’s a lesson that a Tennessee man learned this week in a tragic way after a timber rattlesnake that he picked up bit him, eventually leading to ...

A Tennessee hiker died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake he picked up. Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, and massasauga rattlesnakes are Ohio's three venomous snake species. While venomous, ...

When a venomous snake bit a contestant on this season of “Survivor,” fans held their breath while the show’s medical team ...

An Alabama hiker is on the mend after an afternoon of father-son bonding turned into a terrifying ordeal last week. On Sept. 4 Tyler Roach was hiking in the Sipsey Wilderness, part of Bankhead ...

A Fayetteville woman says she was bitten by a copperhead snake on Monday while walking with her young son and dog along the Cape Fear River Trail. "I noticed my foot was wet, like, what's going on?" ...