As temperatures warm, you may find yourself out and about, wandering Texas' diverse hiking trails. While on the way to mountainous summits or climbing grassy hills, a slithering, scaly reptile could ...

The state agency explains that most snakes found around homes and in communities are nonvenomous and are actually beneficial. "Like the Texas Rat snake, that does an exceptional job of finding rats in ...

Texas is home to 96 species of snakes. Of those 96, 15% are venomous. While this is a small fraction of the snake population, that is still 14 species of snakes to be on the lookout for when spending ...