The tiny baby snakes raised at the Columbus Zoo are barely the size of a pencil, but they have a big job ahead of them: saving their species. Why it matters: The plains garter snake is one of Ohio's ...

In these shallow, ephemeral waters, species like the Mexican garter snake once carved out a precarious existence. But these highly adapted, rare animals are no match for pumping, livestock grazing, ...

It was a Sunday and a big storm was on the way. The morning was fairly calm, but clouds had moved in and there wasn’t much time before the snow started to fall. In a perfect world I could have simply ...

The ‘Elapsoidea loveridgei’ is one snake Nairobi residents shouldn’t be scared of that much. It’s extremely rare to hear an East African Garter Snake bite someone but if bitten ...

The northern Mexican garter snake is primarily olive in color and has three lateral stripes that run the length of its body with a yellow stripe down the back. In the United States, the species is ...

The garter snake rescue is Wild Arc’s first medical emergency of the year, and is notable as reptile and amphibian rescues ...