The giant garter snake is now California’s official state snake. Discover its unique traits and habitat challenges.

Snake lovers flooded the comments with admiration for the little visitor — and reassurance that the gardener had nothing to ...

It’s not always easy getting the average person obsessed with snakes. They’re often an object of fear. But some enthusiasts want to change that — like Michael Starkey. He’s the founder of the ...

I couldn’t agree more with Dr. Hamilton, whose letter to the editor in the Nov. 30 Appeal-Democrat lamented the expenditure of $5 million to protect the giant garter snake. What he and the rest of the ...

Most people don’t think about snakes in November, but some snakes are still slinking through the grasses or moving through our backyards in certain areas of Nebraska. One you may see is a nonvenomous ...

Guess which snake species you’re most likely to encounter in the Inland Northwest? Hint: It’s not the western rattlesnake. Not even close. Chances are, you called it a “garden snake” when you were a ...

It was a Sunday and a big storm was on the way. The morning was fairly calm, but clouds had moved in and there wasn’t much time before the snow started to fall. In a perfect world, I could have simply ...