Virginia is home to three of these types, with the coral snake being the only one not found in the state. According to the CDC, 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by snakes each year, and about 5 of ...

And then there’s the odor. The Eastern gartersnake became Virginia’s official state snake in February 2016, fulfilling the wishes of then-11-year-old Aiden Coleman of Williamsburg.

"Wild bicephalic snakes are exceptionally rare, because they just don't live that long," J.D. Kleopfer of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries posted on Facebook on Thursday.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia is caring for an eastern kingsnake after it was found stuck in landscape netting in Henrico County. On Monday, April 7, the wildlife ...