A Kansas-based golden retriever has gone viral after its owner recorded a TikTok of the pup bringing a 3-foot-long common garter snake back to his owner. The TikTok, which was posted in mid-March and ...

It’s a hiss-toric time for the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas), as this wetland-dwelling reptile just became California’s state snake, a designation that’s hoped to bring more awareness to the ...

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Oct. 9 that two new state symbols, signing legislation establishing the bigberry manzanita as the state shrub and the giant garter snake as the state snake. "Our state ...