Contrary to popular belief, water moccasins and cottonmouth snakes are the same snakes. Both terms refer to the same species, ...

The Brazos water snake, Nerodia harteri, is endemic to a single location in the United States. It thrives in the Brazos River basin of Texas, where there is an abundance of food, camouflage, and ...

This article was originally featured on Field & Stream. In 2015, professional photographer Kerry Wix was fishing at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee when he noticed a big northern water snake that ...

Remember that snake that swam close to the boat on your last fishing trip? How about that snake floating in the water at your favorite swimming hole? You got a pretty good look, but do you know what ...

Over the Fourth of July weekend last summer, I drove down to Washington to visit my cousin, Matt. Two of our friends – Jie and Ben – joined us from Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, respectively, and we headed ...

In a special edition of man versus nature, a Boone resident snapped a crazy photo of a “huge” water snake stealing his catch. Bob Howard, 54, told the Des Moines Register that he went on a casual ...

Arkansas is home to 39 species of snakes, and six of them are venomous. Thankfully, not all of these venomous snakes inhabit Arkansas’ waterways. Of those 39 species, only about seven snakes are ...