As warmer weather arrives, snake sightings will increase. But before you reach for a weapon, know that killing any snake is ...

“Snakes are very common on the Tennessee landscape and sightings ... they’ve somehow magically changed to either black snakes or rat snakes,” Ladd said. Gray rat snakes are the most common ...

While most people are wary of copperhead snakes and black widow spiders, there are other potentially dangerous creepy crawly ...

This is a black rat snake, which is native to the region. National Park Service photo Something odd is happening in Middle Tennessee, where a series of power outages have been blamed on snakes.

The black rat snake goes by many names ... within this range and can be found in the southeast up into Kentucky, Tennessee, ...