In North Carolina, there’s a lot of buzz around copperheads. Every year, The News & Observer informs readers about how to identify the venomous snakes and what to do if one bites you — or your pet.

Snakes are one of the few animals that regularly eat their own kind. In fact, there is a particular snake that feasts on a ...

A kingsnake wrapped around a copperhead, squeezing it to death, in a South Carolina wildlife management area. Andrew Grosse/provided Andrew Grosse was driving in a coastal wildlife management area ...

They are called kingsnakes because they eat other snakes, including venomous ones. Kingsnakes have a high resistance to venom, but not complete immunity. Speckled kingsnakes are generally docile and ...

In North Carolina, there’s a lot of buzz around copperheads. Experts repeat the same advice about interacting with copperheads every year: If you see a copperhead, don’t try to catch it, and don’t try ...