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Thanks to a friend who's more observant than me, a few years back I discovered a new species of reptile in my own backyard. It was a plains garter snake, known by scientists as Thamnophis radix. I ...

Snakes are legless, slithering reptiles that can be found worldwide, except in Antarctica. There are more than 2,900 species of snakes, with 140 species known in the United States. One species ...

Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep populations of mice, squirrels, other small animals and even insects ...

Garter snakes are native to Nevada and the West. The snakes may hibernate in winter, and if they do, they typically emerge in early spring or late winter. There are multiple species that live in our ...

As someone raised in the Northeast, I didn’t grow up thinking about snakes. Even the common garter snake was a rare sight in my hometown. When I arrived in Kansas City early last year, these long ...

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 ...

Counts of the elusive giant garter snake have dwindled in recent decades. What could unexpected construction do to its Natomas Basin havens?

There are eight common species of snakes you might encounter in Washington and, while they bite and constrict prey, not all of them are venomous. You’re more likely to find snakes spring into fall in ...