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 ...

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 ...

The fossilized skeleton of the newly discovered snake species Hibernophis breithaupti, which lived 38 million years ago in what is now western Wyoming, reveals insights into the evolution and social ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

It was a scary moment. Motorist makes harrowing discovery after feeling slithering on leg while driving — here's what ...

The discovery of a quartet of fossilized snakes, a never-before-seen species from the boa family that lived 38 million years ago, has provided paleontologists with a rare insight into reptilian social ...

Little could former Fairbanks dishwasher Matthew Mayo have guessed that his infatuation with the common garter snake would become a federal case destined to see him dragged before a U.S. District ...

An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of ...