After a few warm days last week, central North Carolina is cooling off again. But copperheads don’t wait for consistently warm temperatures. These snakes — the only venomous snakes you’re likely to ...

With the falling autumn leaves, lots of critters find their clever hiding spots under the deadfall, including branches and other brush. One such animal is the copperhead snake, and October is baby ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

The well-known copperhead is often mistaken for lesser-known species of nonvenomous snakes. One common snake that is sometimes confused with the venomous copperhead is the similar-looking chicken ...

Copperhead snakes, though the most common biting snake in the U.S., rarely cause fatalities. Six venomous snake species reside in Mississippi, including the copperhead, rattlesnakes, water moccasins, ...