Snakes can't throw up. The serpents have no gag reflex, so if a bit of food gets stuck in their throat, they can suffocate and die, Kathie Brennan explained to a group of children and their parents ...

SANTA ROSA (KRON) — A venomous snake in a suburban neighborhood is raising concerns for parents with children. Len Ramirez is a professional snake wrangler. He’s been doing it for nearly 30 years.

A Seattle scientific journalist has published “Colorsss,” a rhyming children’s book to help readers learn their colors and explore types of snakes. Deborah Hutchinson, who grew up in Carnation, has a ...

(Reuters Health) - The number of children getting bitten by copperheads and other venomous snakes has more than doubled in recent years, a U.S. study suggests. Half of the 18,721 snakebites reported ...

It's a tradition during our annual fundraising campaign on behalf of Children's Hospital: spending a Saturday night near Christmas in the emergency room. My assistant, Samantha Ganey, reports on the ...

A live, non-venomous snake was captured on the side of the road near the Pukalani Golf Club on Maui Monday, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture said. A resident called the agriculture department and ...

There are no transgender athletes in Riley Gaines’ newly released children’s book, but there are some deceitful snakes, naïve squirrels, and a message about having the courage to tell the truth. The ...

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Not all heroes wear capes. A Georgia animal enforcement officer was able to rescue a massive snake from the bedroom of a Macon home. The nonvenomous rat snake snake was found slithering its way into a ...

One of the deadliest snakes in the world has been caught hiding in a drain near a children's playground at an Australian beach. The 6-foot-long eastern brown snake was seen swimming in the ocean at a ...

A snake measuring more than 3 feet has been euthanized in Hawaii after children were spotted playing with the serpent. On Monday, agricultural inspectors captured the snake in Pukalani, on the island ...