Ontario, Canada, is home to 17 species of snakes. Only three of these are water snakes, but there are a variety of ...

Like all snakes, the 30+ unique species of garter snakes are strict carnivores. This means they don’t eat plant matter and subsist solely on meat from other animals.

That’s why his group partnered with the California Rice Commission and Senator Roger Niello on legislation to make the giant garter snake — a species that’s native to the Sacramento region ...

At the time, scientists considered the northern Mexican garter snake to be "widely distributed" in that area, the Wildlife Service said. But in 2007 and 2008, searches found only one northern ...

A yellow-and-olive striped garter snake subspecies that once frequented Southern Arizona rivers and streams is in bad enough shape that it could disappear from the United States within a quarter ...

Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the September 11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of ...

As its name implies, the valley garter snake is a member of the garter snake family. These snakes are harmless to humans and, like the bullsnake, are incredibly beneficial to Yellowstone’s ...

The bald cypress trees and the tree's root structure provide a great hiding place and basking spot for eastern garter snakes and northern water snakes. Located in Dover, Silver Lake is lined with ...

Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the Sept. 11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of the world’s deadliest ...

The Eastern garter snake is among the snake species found in the Lehigh Valley. (Contributed photo) Despite the number of common species, snakes are not usually noticed, according to Koplish.

“I know what it feels like to die from snakebite,” Friede told AFP via video call from his home in the small US town of Two ...

Western cottonmouth. Image by Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The cottonmouth ...