Most homeowners have a long list of snakes they don't want to see in the garden. If you spot one slithering through the mulch or recoiling behind shrubs, don't fret. They rarely show up without reason ...

Unless you live in one of the very few states with no native snake populations, odds are, you’ve had to deal with a snake slithering through your yard at least once or twice over the years. The good ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It’s one thing to see a snake outside, but it’s a completely different story when it’s slithering across your hardwoods while you’re watching television at night. A South Charlotte ...

Imagine stumbling out of bed and accidentally stepping on a snake. It’s the stuff of nightmares! Yet, it happens, especially in the warmer months. Snakes tend to make themselves known during prime ...

There are roughly 3,000 snake species on Earth, and about 600 of them are venomous. That sounds terrifying, but most snakes ...

Snakes are a hallmark of healthy habitats. And throughout the country, most habitats have more snakes present in early fall than at any other time of the year, even spring. The explanation is a simple ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The 2025 Sacramento Snake Festival ...

Snakes do not just sleep in winter. They enter brumation, a state of low activity. Climate change makes winters unpredictable, prompting scientists t ...

If you have a wood pile, you may have come across a shed snake skin — a translucent wrapper resembling an onion skin, imprinted with the snake’s scale pattern. Or perhaps you’ve seen one along a ...