Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Summer vacation can mean spending more time outside. And that means the possibility of encountering creatures you're not used to.

A yard with flowery trees and green bushes - Dejavu Designs/Getty Images Your yard is alive with wild animals. From sing-song birds to mischievous squirrels to — snakes? That's right: snakes are ...

FLORENCE, S.C. — If you're afraid of snakes, read no further. Florence Emergency Medical Services (EMS), responding to a call from a man reporting a snake bite, found more than a dozen venomous snakes ...