What emerged was a very long, great basin gopher snake with its signature pattern of dark black squares running from head to tail. “When I first saw the snake it was doing posturing with its ...

A few days ago, one of my dogs started barking out in the front yard. It was way too early (to me) and I hadn’t even had ...

A man was bitten by a gopher snake on the Centennial Trail after stepping on it. Pest control expert Elmer Bensinger explained that such incidents are rare and gopher snakes are not dangerous.

With its large, forward-facing eyes and head tufts that look like ears, the great eared nightjar resembles a dragon more than a bird. Often nicknamed the "baby dragon," this otherworldly-looking ...

While only one of Yellowstone’s snakes is venomous, each one plays a unique role in this national park’s animal kingdom. Bullsnakes are part of the gopher snake species, which means they’re ...

Another week, another set of all-conference superlatives. The 4A Great Basin Conference postseason awards were announced Thursday, with Twin Falls grabbing two of the top honors. Tonia Burk was ...

Their behaviour may look alarming, but these snakes are completely non-venomous. Gopher snakes often get mistaken for rattlesnakes due to similar markings and defensive postures. However ...

In the Sacramento area, there are a few different non-venomous species that people will see, like our Pacific gopher ... snakes. So hawks will eat rattlesnakes, even turkeys will eat baby ...

In certain cases, euthanising snakes is desirable, such as when invasive species begin taking too great a toll on native ... and non-venomous Sonoran gopher snakes, both of which can grow to ...

US President Donald Trump's tariffs, his call to "drill baby drill" and especially a decision ... Oil trading close to or below $60 "will obviously not be great for shale producers" either ...