When Ray Grasshoff saw his 3-year-old beagle, Jack, tossing a brightly striped snake violently in his mouth on June 9, then rubbing his snout, he remembered a rhyme from his childhood days working ...

In the world of snakes, nothing can compare to the dazzling red, black and yellow colors of a coral snake, or for that matter, its venom. No other snake has a rhyme associated with it to help humans ...

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Everyone’s heard a version of the phrase “Red touch yellow, kill a fellow; red touch black, friend of Jack,” but this iconic mnemonic device isn’t as useful as you think. The ...

My husband Ralph and I were walking across a stretch of unruly riverfront in New Smyrna Beach when the distinctive red-yellow-black bands of a coral snake caught my eye. “Stop!” I shouted to my ...

Michelle Redfern's first instinct when she saw a 2-foot coral snake slithering in her garage Wednesday morning was to grab a machete or start the rhyme. "Red touches black, friend of Jack; Red touches ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous snakes include three different species of rattlesnake, two species of coral ...