The University of South Carolina Upstate’s Southern Piedmont Natural History program has a message for dog walkers, people getting some fresh air or even checking mail. Watch your step. This is prime ...

A kingsnake wrapped around a copperhead, squeezing it to death, in a South Carolina wildlife management area. Andrew Grosse/provided Andrew Grosse was driving in a coastal wildlife management area ...

Copperhead snakes are slithering through South Carolina just in time for the summer, and residents are reporting sightings. In North America, the venomous snake species is commonly encountered. The ...

Some folks may say one good thing about the cold weather is no copperheads. That’s right, across much of South Carolina copperheads and other snakes have entered what’s called brumation. It’s when ...

As summer nears, venomous copperheads in South Carolina will be out in full force, but more less-dangerous lookalikes will be too. Do you know their differences? Having such knowledge could help you ...

Being bitten by a venomous copperhead in South Carolina would be terrifying enough — but what if you were also alone without cell service? That’s the stuff of nightmares. But it doesn’t have to be if ...

A copperhead snake bit a four-year-old boy at a North Carolina daycare and the family says staff didn’t call 911. New Beginnings Child Enrichment Center said the child was playing outside last ...