If you live in Kansas you share your state with many different types of snakes. Kansas is home to more than 40 snake species that you could encounter in Kansas, but only a small portion of them are ...

The pain was excruciating when a venomous snake bit Grady Kornelson in 2018 in south-central Kansas. “On a scale of one to 10, it was a nine,” he told the Hutchinson News. Kornelson received five ...

Lone Star Lake is small compared to most other Kansas lakes. Its surface area encompasses a mere 185 acres. Yet the WorldAtlas website still lists that body of water in Douglas County in northeast ...

Rattlesnakes are increasingly slithering out in the Sunflower State due to recent warm, wet weather, says the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. "With warm weather and flooded areas across ...

MCPHERSON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — As the weather continues to warm, snakes across Kansas are becoming more active. Out of the species of snakes, the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks says there are ...

The eastern copperhead is the most common venomous snake in Missouri. Its color varies from grayish brown to pinkish tan, with distinctive hourglass-shaped crossbands. Danny Brown Missouri Department ...

The Western Ratsnake, also called the Black Snake or the Black Ratsnake, is the most common snake found in Missouri. Missouri Department of Conservation As someone raised in the Northeast, I didn’t ...

Spring is finally here, and warmer temperatures are bringing many of Missouri’s native animals out into the open for the first time this year. By far the most common type of snake found in Missouri, ...

The western rat snake, also called the black snake and the black rat snake, is one of the larger snakes you might find around Wichita. Missouri Department of Conservation While Wichita continues to ...