(ABCNEWS) -- A 'serpent-handling' West Virginia pastor died after his rattlesnake bit him during a church ritual, just as the man had apparently watched a snake kill his father years before.

Two weeks ago, NPR reported on a group of Pentecostals in Appalachia who handle snakes in church to prove their faith in God. The story got us thinking: Why are the handlers bitten so rarely, and why ...

A snake catcher caught a deadly venomous serpent with his bare hands after it was spotted slithering around someone's backyard. Ryan Fuller was called out to a house in Queensland, Australia, after ...

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Baseball players are notorious for playing practical jokes on one another. Several undoubtedly have involved snakes of the rubber, plastic or even robotic variety. But a snake slithering across the ...

Greek mythology is full of monsters that heroes rushed to battle. Dragons, giants, spirits, lions, boars, and even death ...

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Wildlife rescuers have a new problem on their hands: for the second time in two months, a rare venomous sea serpent has washed up on a local beach hundreds of miles from its normal haunts. The dead 27 ...

Nameless snake to get new moniker through social media. July 2, 2011— -- A python in Germany has slithered its way into the spotlight thanks to a rare anatomical anomaly: It has two heads. The ...

Baseball players are notorious for playing practical jokes on one another. Several undoubtedly have involved snakes of the rubber, plastic or even robotic variety. But a snake slithering across the ...