A minor league baseball team in Wisconsin is named after a snake — the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers — so there has to be plenty of those slithering creatures around us, right? While snakes aren't as ...

The copperhead is one of the most famous of all snakes in the United States. Along with that fame, people often confuse other species with copperheads, sometimes with unfortunate results. One of the ...

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pine cones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what they eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not know that ...

Wisconsin’s natural landscapes and diverse wildlife, not to mention 15,000 lakes, make the Dairy State a popular summer destination for outdoor enthusiasts. Wisconsin has steep hills, forests, ...