Officials in Ventura County are urging residents to be cautious after seven people have been bitten by rattlesnakes in the ...

Hiking exuberantly up familiar Rattlesnake Canyon Trail in early September’s splendid heat, I realized how fortunate we are to live in Santa Barbara and yet have easy access to near-wilderness canyon ...

Rattlesnake Canyon cleaves the north flank of the Uncompahgre Plateau, plummeting 2,000 feet to the Colorado River at Horsethief Canyon. Rattlesnake contains one of the largest concentrations of ...

A summer hike at Oregon's Smith Rock State Park became an uneasy reminder that visitors are sharing the trail with native ...

Southern California’s hiking trails attract millions of outdoor lovers every year. But beneath the scenic beauty of some of the most beloved spots in the Golden State lies a venomous danger just ...

Road repaving closed sections of El Cielito Road and Las Canoas Road near Skofield Park for several days in mid-March (it was open for residents), and thus I and many were unable to park and access ...

It's hard to say what keeps tourists at bay. Maybe it's just a name. Now, I don't want to jump into a Chamber-of-Commerce-type argument about whether we should rename Colorado National Monument, but ...

“A lot of people far more knowledgeable on snakes [than] I will ever be have said this is a once in a lifetime capture,” Phil ...