AND RESCUE. WELL, CALIFORNIA NOW HAS A STATE SNAKE. IT IS THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE. THE POPULATION OF THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE HAS DECLINED BY MORE THAN 90% OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THERE IT IS. IT WAS ...

The public’s assistance is requested by the Wildlife Center of Virginia in naming a non-releasable Eastern Ratsnake. The snake, admitted to the center in December 2021, is joining the ranks of the ...

The Columbus Zoo needs your help to pick the name for the offspring of a record-breakingsnake. The name finalists were announced for a new python on Friday after the zoo asked the public tosubmit ...

Kingsnakes, the number 8 on our list of most common non-poisonous snake species in the world are widely distributed and one of the most common non-poisonous snakes in North America. Kingsnakes count ...

Scientists discovered five new brightly-colored species of snake in the jungles of Panama. One of the snakes was named by actor Leonardo DiCaprio in honor of his mother, Irmelin Indenbirken. The ...

Edgar Lehr and other researchers were looking for lizards in a swamp atop a Peruvian mountain last year when they started to fear their lives were in danger. First, they unexpectedly encountered a ...

California will have an official state snake in 2026. A new law that takes effect in January makes the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) the official state snake. The species is native to ...