A St. Charles man is dead after being bitten by a copperhead snake while camping with his family in southeast Missouri. Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says 52-year-old Timothy Levins died Tuesday ...

It was a two-day event over the weekend here in Moscow Mills called 'Venom Fest'. Saturday went off without a hitch, but Sunday's show was cancelled after a deadly Egypitan cobra was unaccounted ...

Mariah Thomas, 26, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child One-month-old Za’Riah Mae was found dead at her Kansas City home on Friday The baby was ... to police A Missouri mom has ...

March 21 (UPI) --A Missouri zoo is asking for the public's help to name a recently born red kangaroo joey. The Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium said the joey, the fourth born at the zoo in recent ...

So it goes with rat snakes. Found throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, these reptiles often serve as de facto rodent exterminators. Beyond that, they've made a mark on the pet trade ...

A Missouri woman has been sentenced to two life terms in prison for killing a pregnant Arkansas woman and trying to pass off the dead woman's fetus as her own stillborn baby. Amber Waterman ...

If you live in Kansas you share your state with many different types of snakes. Kansas is home to more than 40 snake species ...

Baby's first words: What first words are most common and why? We spoke to Speech and Language Therapist Janet Cooper to find out about babies' early words and how to build on them. Babies likes ...

Many snakes are top level predators; for example, a single rat snake can consume over 100 rodents a year. Other snakes are important in the control they exert on insect and other invertebrate ...

They eat lizards, frogs, and smaller snakes, including other coral snakes. Baby snakes emerge from their eggs 7 inches long and fully venomous. Adults reach about 2 feet in length. Average ...

Revealing active behaviour that adds to our understanding of the nature of a species. Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (Mexico) waits in darkness as a Yucatan rat snake snaps up a bat. Using a red ...

If you make $70,000 a year living in Missouri you will be taxed $10,498. Your average tax rate is 10.94% and your marginal tax rate is 22%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate ...