It’s not always easy getting the average person obsessed with snakes. But some enthusiasts want to change that — like Michael ...

Garter snakes live all over North America, with some notable subspecies including the giant garter snake that can grow to nearly 6 feet long (1.8 meters). The rarest of garter snakes is the San ...

Michigan has 18 snake species, most of which are harmless and beneficial to the ecosystem. Five common Michigan snakes ...

Around 75,000 to 150,000 red-sided garter snakes gather for mating. This is the world's largest snake aggregation. Conservation efforts, like tunnels under highways, helped the snake population ...

Why is this the largest gathering of snakes? What attracts them? This grouping of red-sided garter snakes has the most northern range of any reptile in the Western Hemisphere. It's due to a lucky ...

asserting that livestock grazing on federal lands along the Big Sandy River in western Arizona is pushing the garter snake toward extinction. “The snakes are in real trouble right now,” Chris ...

More than 75,000 snakes descend upon the location annually. In Manitoba, Canada, you can find the world's largest concentration of snakes at the Narcisse Snake Dens. Each year, around 75,000 red ...