NORTH CHARLESTON — Firefighters faced a unique challenge the night of Feb. 12 when they arrived at a housefire in the 2500 block of Vistavia Road: Close to two-dozen poisonous snakes were loose inside ...

Venomous and nonvenomous snakes have a role to play in the ecosystem, but it's important to recognize them when you encounter them in the wild.

Monroe Mayor Robert Burns thanked the community Friday after he said a venomous copperhead snake bit his wife, Lauren.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A candidate for West Virginia secretary of state said he has been hospitalized for copperhead snake bites sustained while removing election campaign signs. Doug Skaff said he ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Kevin Oxenrider, the Amphibian and Reptile Program Leader for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR), said there is over 20 different species of snakes that ...

Here’s a sight you won’t soon forget: you’re walking down a path when you see a massive snake zoom past your feet and slither its way up a tree! That’s exactly what I saw along the Virginia and West ...