Crisscrossing the 1,575 square miles which is Sonoma County are over 2,300 miles of roads. Like many, I live off one of the many battered rural roads with potholes and chunks of missing aggregate.

When an Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake was found dead — having been senselessly killed on the grounds of the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, there was quite a response to the ...

Often spotted slithering through gardens, grassy yards, and forest edges, the garter snake is one of North America’s most common and misunderstood reptiles. These non-venomous snakes are easily ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The Bay Area has its own native snake, the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia). Some snake enthusiasts consider it to be one of the most “beautiful” ...