Spending the summer outdoors means running into a variety of crawling and slithering creatures, whether it's at the lake, on the forest floor or wrapped around your front porch light. While running ...

Most people would imagine spiders as creepy little creatures lurking in the corners, spinning webs, and snacking on ...

Few creatures evoke as much fear as snakes and spiders, both of which can be venomous and trigger strong human phobias. However, their impact on humans differs greatly. Snakes are responsible for tens ...

Venomous animals deliver toxins by wounding another animal while poisonous animals deliver toxins passively, as another creature touches or ingests it. New Jersey is home to 22 types of snakes, two of ...

Snakes and spiders are the most dangerous wild animals in the Fayetteville area. Black widow and brown recluse spiders are dangerous, but rarely deadly. Copperheads are the most common venomous snake ...

With Halloween just around the corner, many of us have creepy imagery on the mind, especially as we gear up to decorate our houses with ghosts and goblins and muster up the scariest costumes we can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You probably think of snakes as fearsome predators that sit near the top of the food chain. While that is often true, snakes are ...

Summer in Memphis brings increased risk of encountering potentially dangerous critters. Venomous snakes like copperheads, while not usually fatal, require caution. Saddleback caterpillars, black widow ...