South Carolinians and tourists enjoying the great outdoors should watch their step: it’s copperhead season. The state’s most common venomous snake is out for the summer — and so are the babies. “It is ...

If you enjoy boating or swimming in one of South Carolina’s lakes, you should know this: chances are there are snakes in that water. Might not be venomous but they are snakes nonetheless. South ...

Reports of snake bites have surged in South Carolina, outpacing levels reached in recent years, officials say. Palmetto Poison Center says 266 snake bites have been reported so far in 2019. Those ...

Soon it will be that loving season for South Carolina’s elusive eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the largest of its species in the world and the most venomous snake in North America. And you know what ...

Here are two things some people believe about snakes. All are poisonous. The best snakes are dead snakes. Both are so far from true, herpetologists would probably scream and rant and tear their hair ...

Watching a copperhead snake creep its way into the yard might just be the stuff of nightmares for some people. Those who are fearful may want to run away and scream, arms flailing in the air. Others ...

Some folks may say one good thing about the cold weather is no copperheads. That’s right, across much of South Carolina copperheads and other snakes have entered what’s called brumation. It’s when ...