The big berry manzanita is a poignant reminder of resilience amid California’s extreme weather cycles. The native shrub is ...

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 ...

For this humble brown reptile to rebound as successfully as other endangered species, conservation history shows that it will ...

The last snake-handling church in the US features a preacher wielding a poisonous reptile while a makeshift band of old women blast out rock music. Hidden away in the Appalachian Mountains in West ...

Authorities say Pastor Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical treatment John David Brock, 60, of Stoney Fork, was handling the snake during a Sunday service at the Mossy Simpson ...

California is home to 50 different species of snakes — including seven species of rattlesnakes, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. If that makes your skin crawl, you’re not ...

Andrew Hamblin handles poisonous snakes every Sunday in the name of Jesus. At just 22, he leads Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., a Pentecostal church that practices a rare, century-old ...