Alabama is home to many snakes, both venomous and nonvenomous. Learn which 11 species are common and what to do if you see ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...