Sirtalis is Latin for “like a garter” and likely refers to the dorsal stripe that these snakes display. The common garter ...

The narrow-headed garter snake is a nonvenomous snake found in and near the cool, clear headwater streams of the U.S. Southwest. With its stripeless, grayish-colored body, it has been called “drab” in ...

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, ...

One well-documented example of an arms race adaptation is the potent poison in the skin of the newt Taricha granulosa, which is food for the garter snake. Over time, some genetic variants of the ...

History Knox Mark Sebastian Jordan authors a History Knox column each Saturday that reflects on the history of this community. LOCK, Ohio — Peruse enough old newspapers and you’re bound to come across ...

Each spring as the sun begins to warm the land, the largest gathering of snakes in the world emerges from their underground lairs in Narcisse, Manitoba. They have one thing on their mind - mating.

Down among the serpentine turns in the Swimming River, this eastern garter snake was found frozen stiff in the frigid weather ...

The Narcisse Snake Dens are located six kilometers north of Narcisse, Manitoba. They are the winter home of tens of thousands of Red-sided Garter Snakes. The pits are the largest concentration of ...