Nestled between the Deep South and the Atlantic Ocean, Georgia is famous for its natural beauty. The Peach State is also home to an impressive 47 different snake species. While this may sound alarming ...

More copperhead snake bites have been reported so far in 2025 than compared with the previous two years, according to data from the Mississippi Poison Control Center. Winter in Georgia means cooler ...

Spring means blooming flowers, brighter days, and more active snakes around Georgia. Daniel Sollenberger, a herpetologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, joined Eric Perry to talk ...

You know the saying: “red touches black, venom lack; red touches yellow, kill a fellow.” Well, it’s a little more complicated than that. Georgia has one of the most biodiverse landscapes for snakes, ...

One of Georgia’s revered indigo snakes astonished researchers when it suddenly regurgitated three other snakes, including a rattlesnake that eventually sprang back to life. The indigo snake was only 4 ...

The southern black racer is one of Georgia’s 40 non-venomous snakes that are protected by law from being hunted or killed. Richard Stovall Unsplash Georgia ranks eighth among states with the most ...

It’s a snake-eat-snake world out there, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has the photos to prove it. Those squeamish photos show a burly, 4-foot-long eastern indigo snake that had eaten ...

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