SANTA ROSA (KRON) — A venomous snake in a suburban neighborhood is raising concerns for parents with children. Len Ramirez is a professional snake wrangler. He’s been doing it for nearly 30 years.

Snakes can't throw up. The serpents have no gag reflex, so if a bit of food gets stuck in their throat, they can suffocate and die, Kathie Brennan explained to a group of children and their parents ...

Not all heroes wear capes. A Georgia animal enforcement officer was able to rescue a massive snake from the bedroom of a Macon home. The nonvenomous rat snake snake was found slithering its way into a ...

(Reuters Health) - The number of children getting bitten by copperheads and other venomous snakes has more than doubled in recent years, a U.S. study suggests. Half of the 18,721 snakebites reported ...

A live, non-venomous snake was captured on the side of the road near the Pukalani Golf Club on Maui Monday, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture said. A resident called the agriculture department and ...

North Dakota police say they are investigating a menacing report involving a creepy clown and a man with a snake. Fargo police responded to an apartment building Saturday evening in response to a ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A landscaper is recovering after a poisonous copperhead snake bit him as he removed debris from a children's play area. The 22-year-old landscaper was doing work when he spotted ...

A snake measuring more than 3 feet has been euthanized in Hawaii after children were spotted playing with the serpent. On Monday, agricultural inspectors captured the snake in Pukalani, on the island ...

There are no transgender athletes in Riley Gaines’ newly released children’s book, but there are some deceitful snakes, naïve squirrels, and a message about having the courage to tell the truth. The ...

One of the deadliest snakes in the world has been caught hiding in a drain near a children's playground at an Australian beach. The 6-foot-long eastern brown snake was seen swimming in the ocean at a ...

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