Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa has 28 species of snakes, five of which are venomous. Snakes form a key part of the ecosystems they inhabit, helping to keep ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has challenged social media followers to spot a slithering snake lurking in the grass. The government department issued a challenge on its Facebook page to ...

A Kansas-based golden retriever has gone viral after its owner recorded a TikTok of the pup bringing a 3-foot-long common garter snake back to his owner. The TikTok, which was posted in mid-March and ...

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

Every spring in Manitoba, up to 100000 red sided garter snakes emerge from underground limestone dens, forming swirling mating balls. Why do they gather here in such astonishing numbers?

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 ...

In the world of reptiles, few things are more common than the common garter snake. In the book "The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology," printed by University of Oklahoma Press, leading ...