South Carolinians and tourists enjoying the great outdoors should watch their step: it’s copperhead season. The state’s most common venomous snake is out for the summer — and so are the babies. “It is ...

If you enjoy boating or swimming in one of South Carolina’s lakes, you should know this: chances are there are snakes in that water. Might not be venomous but they are snakes nonetheless. South ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As summer temperatures rise, so does activity for South Carolina’s most common venomous snake: the Southern Copperhead. Wildlife experts say August is peak season for sightings, and ...

It’s the most common venomous snake in North Carolina and can be found all over the state, local wildlife experts say.

Reports of snake bites have surged in South Carolina, outpacing levels reached in recent years, officials say. Palmetto Poison Center says 266 snake bites have been reported so far in 2019. Those ...