To continue a previous theme on snakes, I’ll present some additional common, non-venomous (or at least not harmful to humans) species from the area. These snakes come in a variety of sizes, colors, ...

A guy walks into a store holding a coffee can and says, "I might have something really weird." Sounds like the beginning of a zany joke, but no joke about it: The critter that Pittston resident Gary ...

DESCRIPTION: The giant garter snake reaches up 64 inches in length. Individual snakes vary in color from brownish to olive, with a checkered pattern of black spots, a yellow stripe down the center of ...

The eastern garter snake, the species native to Massachusetts, is typically 2 feet or so in length, but the record is slightly over 4 feet. Declared the state reptile in 2007 by then Gov. Mitt Romney, ...

Photo Caption: This young and very aggressive rat snake visited the Mims front porch before being taken to the woods where it belongs. Photograph by Forrest M. Mims III. The drought conditions of ...

In the world of reptiles, few things are more common than the common garter snake. In the book "The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology," printed by University of Oklahoma Press, leading ...