Their diet consists mainly of small mammals like rodents, but they also eat other small reptiles, birds, insects, and carrion. Like most snake species, garter snakes and copperheads prefer not to ...

The tiny baby snakes raised at the Columbus Zoo are barely the size of a pencil, but they have a big job ahead of them: ...

“Protecting these rivers will make a real difference for the narrow-headed garter snake,” said Brian Segee, endangered species legal director at the Center. “The only way to save these river-dwelling ...

Discover how a winter woodpile becomes a haven for garter snakes, revealing fascinating insights into their habits and nature's resilience.

San Francisco garter snakes retreat to uplands and are dormant for much of the winter. FEEDING: San Francisco garter snakes eat California red-legged frogs, Pacific tree frogs, western toads, mosquito ...

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 ...