Usually one of the first things people think about when they encounter a snake is running away from it. Not far behind would be what would happen if the snake bit them and how venomous is the bite?

A 4-year-old boy was bitten by a copperhead snake while playing near a sandbox at a day care center in North Carolina on ...

Experts say snake bite victims may not even be aware their lives are in imminent danger after a woman was killed by a snake ...

Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

A Fayetteville woman was bitten by a copperhead snake while walking with her son and dog along the Cape Fear River Trail.

Mitch Henry knows just how dangerous copperheads can be.  Last October, while moving a woodpile, he was bitten on the finger.