One primary reason snakes may find your yard attractive is the presence of open holes, such as abandoned gopher burrows, which offer ready-made homes for these reptiles. Snakes are always on the ...

And snake-killing contests are harmful to many species besides snakes. To catch rattlesnakes for the events, hunters too often spray gasoline into gopher tortoise burrows, destroying the burrows and ...

Green snakes are from one to four feet in length and, rather than confronting threats, prefer flight. They mainly hunt for insects and spiders. Gopher snakes, also known as bullsnakes or pine ...