The gopher snake that was captured in Pukalani on Monday had been reported to the DoA by a resident. The resident told the department that he had seen children playing with the snake at around 3 p ...

Bull snakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi), sometimes generalized as gopher snakes, are among the largest and most powerful nonvenomous snakes in North America. The heavy-bodied bull snake is often ...

As you can see from the photograph featured in today’s column, snakes can swim. The picture, taken by a marine deputy with the Boise County Sheriff’s Office earlier this month, shows a large gopher ...

Washington state has eight native snake species, but only one native venomous snake: The Northern Pacific Rattlesnake. Examples of non-venomous snakes in Washington include garter snakes, night ...

Those species included the aforementioned San Francisco garter snake, the Northern Pacific rattlesnake, the western yellow-bellied racer, the Pacific gopher snake, the valley garter snake, the ...

The Northern Pacific Rattlesnake is the only native venomous snake in Washington. Here's where they live and what to do if you are bitten.

HDOA has identified the 2-foot-long reptile as a non-venomous gopher snake. Additional checks on the Christmas trees and the container found no other snakes.

Some, like the California Kingsnake and gopher snake, are harmless; others, like the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake, are not. It was a rattler that got Kelly Anderson's 13-pound terrier one mid-day ...

Bull snakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi), sometimes generalized as gopher snakes, are among the largest and most powerful nonvenomous snakes in North America. The heavy-bodied bull snake is often ...

Bull snakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi), sometimes generalized as gopher snakes, are among the largest and most powerful nonvenomous snakes in North America. The heavy-bodied bull snake is often ...