The colorful coral snake is the most venomous snake in Arizona. Here is the best way to avoid coral snakes and what to do if you are bitten.

Nestled between the Deep South and the Atlantic Ocean, Georgia is famous for its natural beauty. The Peach State is also home to an impressive 47 different snake species. While this may sound alarming ...

Rainy weather can also encourage snakes to venture out because prey such as frogs, toads and other amphibians tend to be more active. Almost every state has a variety of snake species, both venomous ...

World Atlas calls 4 Mississippi lakes the most snake-infested in the state. Know how to ID venomous snakes and tell them ...

Despite their fearsome reputation, only one in 500 snakebites in the U.S. are fatal thanks to widespread access to antivenom ...

The Everglades are the most snake-infested area in the state, primarily due to the invasive non-native species, the Burmese ...

Coral snakes are the only North American snakes in the cobra family and their venom is unlike that of most other U.S. snakes.

Coral Snakes The coral snake is slender, with a distinctive pattern consisting of a broad black ring, a narrow yellow ring and a broad red ring.

Copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes are some of the most well-known venomous snakes in north-central Texas and southwest Oklahoma.

"The popular rhyme about 'red on yellow, kill a fellow' for coral snakes and 'red on black, venom lack' only holds true for coral snakes in the United States," Sheehy says. "As soon as you get into ...