The Golden State has added an official shrub and snake, both selected for how they embody California’s natural resilience.

Sacramento County officials are weighing a wave of development proposals that could turn thousands of acres of rice fields ...

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

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PHOENIX — A threatened species for nearly a decade, the narrow-headed garter snake is getting new life and help from scientists at the Phoenix Zoo. Tara Harris, director of conservation and science at ...

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

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

If your child picks up a snake and brings it home, chances are very good it is a garter snake. These harmless reptiles occur throughout the Siouxland area. There are several subspecies of garter ...

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 ...