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?

Note to readers: The Naples Daily News and News-Press asked experts questions about Burmese pythons in 2024. The invasive python is wreaking havoc with the ecosystem in southern parts of Florida.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (KFSN) -- A 4-year-old girl was bitten by a 17-foot python this week while at the Chicagoland Fishing, Travel and Outdoor Expo, Schaumburg police said Saturday. Schaumburg police said ...

A woman is recovering from multiple snake bites after a highly venomous reptile got caught in the loop of her shoe.

Snake bite season is underway in South Florida, with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue warning that the hotter months from April through October bring a surge in snake activity and an increase in emergency calls ...

Far North Queensland residents are on track to face their worst snake bite year since 2021, with 123 incidents so far already ...

Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing ...

A 9-foot long python attacked a Thai man while he was using his home toilet Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. Attaporn Boonmakchuay, 38, was using his squat toilet when the snake, who slithered ...

A Raleigh woman is recovering after she says a copperhead snake bit her on Friday evening. "I knew right away I was bit," said Lisa Austin, 76. "I could see the puncture wound right away. I went in ...

The bite from the Jameson's mamba snake sent Jim Harrison of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo to the ICU Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has ...

A North Carolina family said their 4-year-old was bitten by a venomous snake on the playground of a day care, but staff failed to call emergency services and reached out to a guardian instead. The boy ...