And, of the 20% of snakes that are venomous, only around 1/3 of those species have venom toxic enough to do serious damage to a person. With Tennessee snakes, these percentages are even more in ...

But as she was driving, she suddenly felt the six-foot-long snake slithering up her leg ... surprised to encounter the telltale sound of a venomous timber rattlesnake curled up on the battery ...

A red-tailed hawk fell out of the sky last week in east Tennessee and witnesses say it landed in the road with a snake wrapped tightly around its neck. People in Tennessee are apparently getting ...

Now, they've been spotted in East Tennessee. Joro spiders, also known as Trichonephila clavata, were spotted in the Smokies on Oct. 17, according to Smokies Life. The spiders are native to Asia ...

and every cage with venomous snakes is locked and labeled," Socratis says. "We've never had an escape." Related: 'Rarest Snake' in the U.S. Hatches at Tennessee Zoo — and Soon It Will Be ...