DEAR JOAN: Could you please help me identify this little snake? I’ve been finding them on my property for years. I’ve seen them as long as 12 or 16 inches, but usually around 8. Rob Castro Valley DEAR ...

California is home to a diverse array of snakes, each uniquely adapted to its environment. From the striking California Kingsnake, resistant to rattlesnake venom, to the elusive Sharp-tailed Snake, ...

DEAR JOAN: Can you identify this reptile for us? I’m not sure if it’s a snake or a skink. My wife accidentally killed one a few weeks ago when she was digging in the garden. Shortly after that, early ...

A snake that looks similar to and sounds like a rattlesnake but isn't a rattlesnake? Meet the gopher snake, the biggest snake found in Arizona.

Gardeners should be glad to see snakes glide through the garden. These much-maligned reptiles consume garden pests, including slugs, grubs, mice, voles and rats. Benson Plateau hike. Garter snake.

California is home to 50 different species of snakes — including seven species of rattlesnakes, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. If that makes your skin crawl, you’re not ...

Some 45 of my Master Gardener friends and I recently went on a field trip to Berkeley’s UC Botanical Garden and Alice Water’s Edible Schoolyard. And, yes, we were just as excited and enthusiastic as a ...