Only three venomous snakes live in the wild in New York: the timber rattlesnake, the Eastern massasauga and the Northern ...

Eastern garter snakes eats pests such as slugs. Image via depositphotos ... Commonly found in the forests and meadows surrounding the caves, American toads may occasionally venture into cave entrances ...

One of the most common snakes throughout North and Central America, garter snakes (Thamnophis) are skilled hunters that feed ...

It’s not always easy getting the average person obsessed with snakes. But some enthusiasts want to change that — like Michael ...

The bald cypress trees and the tree's root structure provide a great hiding place and basking spot for eastern garter snakes and northern water snakes. Located in Dover, Silver Lake is lined with ...

The black rat snake is also found throughout the state, but is much less common than the garter snake. The black rat snake is mostly commonly found around barns. If they are causing property ...

while ribbon snakes and garter snakes navigate the thick vegetation along the water's edge. The nearby Pine Barrens bolster reptile diversity and density. As New Jersey’s largest freshwater lake ...

If you see a large, intimidating gray and yellow lizard, it’s probably a Nile monitor. They eat anything from bugs to iguanas, and state wildlife officials think they’re a problem.

I JUST STARTED clearing last fall’s leaves from areas around the house where I grew up and my mother lived on her own for 20 years. One day my mom was waiting in the driveway for a bus that she ...

They also eat invasive species, such as green iguanas. A diet study by Frank Mizzotti at UF found that the lizards even ingest poisonous invasive cane toads, with seemingly no ill effects.