A captive breeding program at the Zoo is boosting the outlook for the unique and endangered garter snake. Brian Hackney reports.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two eastern garter snakes are shown. Scientists are finding that snakes exhibit more social behaviors than previously thought.

North Carolina doesn’t have any officially “snake-infested” lakes. But if you spend time around freshwater wetlands, rivers, and lakes — especially in the eastern part of the state — you’re very ...

Even the elusive giant garter snake may have trouble hiding in the empty expanse of dirt and mud as it was earlier this month at a conservation property on the Sutter County end of the Natomas Basin.