It’s a hiss-toric time for the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas), as this wetland-dwelling reptile just became California’s state snake, a designation that’s hoped to bring more awareness to the ...

It’s not always easy getting the average person obsessed with snakes. They’re often an object of fear. But some enthusiasts want to change that — like Michael Starkey. He’s the founder of the ...

I couldn’t agree more with Dr. Hamilton, whose letter to the editor in the Nov. 30 Appeal-Democrat lamented the expenditure of $5 million to protect the giant garter snake. What he and the rest of the ...

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Oct. 9 that two new state symbols, signing legislation establishing the bigberry manzanita as ...

A $5 million contract to create a giant-garter snake habitat was approved Tuesday by the Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority to move forward on Yuba County levee improvements. The habitat will ...

The giant garter snake is one of many species reliant on California's flooded rice fields. (California Rice Commission photo) The California rice industry is getting a chance to showcase its wildlife ...

Amid the slew of bills moving through the California Legislature this week, one that slithered across Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s desk was different from the others. Though the grizzly bear has long been ...

July 18 (UPI) --A federal judge overturned the approval by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of a mixed-use project in Chico, Calif., after environmentalists claimed it will destroy the natural habitat ...

'Unlike other snakes, the pump snakes ran in herds, and on one occasion a herd of 300 was observed slithering across the North Dakota prairie.' Yes, this is a Giant Garter Snake, pictured here in ...