Cobras strike fear all over the world while the American cottonmouth causes serious injury and death in the United States. Both venomous snakes can be deadly but which causes more deaths?

A bevy of slithering, sneaky, watch-where-you-step snakes came out of hiding. Chief among them was the notorious and venomous cottonmouth snake, a.k.a., water moccasin, that turned up in the ...

Chief among them was the notorious and venomous cottonmouth snake, a.k.a., water moccasin, that turned up in the floodwaters. The cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) is the only venomous water ...

A copperhead is one of the three groups of American pit-vipers that live in the United States. Along with the cottonmouth (water moccasin) and all rattlesnake species, the copperhead completes the ...