Returning from a bike ride, I spied a juvenile gopher snake stretched out on the road ahead of me. Though I know snakes have to be coiled to spring, I still swerved a wide arc around it.

According to the department, the snake measures about 21 inches long, and has been identified by reptile experts as a non-venomous juvenile gopher snake. Gopher snakes are found in North America ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A man was bitten by a gopher snake on the Centennial Trail after stepping on it.

Honolulu police officers captured the snake using a bucket. DOA agricultural inspectors took it into custody on Thursday morning. Inspectors identified it as a non-venomous juvenile gopher snake.

A few days ago, one of my dogs started barking out in the front yard. It was way too early (to me) and I hadn’t even had ...

The key differences to keep are the gopher snake’s glossy skin and more slender head and body. Unlike rattlesnakes, gopher snakes are not venomous. EBRPD’s Mason said that like all reptiles, ...

Audubon Zoo Curator of Herpetology Robert Mendyk said he doesn't know how Cage acquired the juvenile two-headed gopher snake. “We do not know the origins of this animal,” Mendyk wrote via ...

So when a gopher snake was discovered Saturday in a shipment of Christmas trees being unloaded at a store in Hilo, it sounded alarm bells. “Store staff unloaded about half the container before ...

A few days ago, one of my dogs started barking out in the front yard. It was way too early (to me) and I hadn’t even had ...