A man’s encounter with an aggressive snake under a Tacoma bridge recently might have you wondering what snake species call Washington home and how many of them are venomous. Eight species of snakes ...

Arizona has many venomous and scary-looking snakes, not to mention we also have some of the biggest snakes as well. The gopher snake is the undisputed heavyweight champion of Arizona snakes, often ...

A Pacific gopher snake undulates across the all-weather track at the East Field at UC Santa Cruz this week. The snake (Pituophis catenifer catenifer) is a subspecies of the widespread gopher snake ...

This time of year, it is not uncommon for hikers to encounter three of our most common and charismatic local snakes – the garter snake, the gopher snake and, of course, the northern pacific ...