A snake that looks similar to and sounds like a rattlesnake but isn't a rattlesnake? Meet the gopher snake, the biggest snake ...

The gopher snake is the undisputed heavyweight champion of Arizona snakes, often stretching from 6 to 9 feet in some cases.

This time of year, it is not uncommon for hikers to encounter three of our most common and charismatic local snakes – the garter snake, the gopher snake and, of course, the northern pacific ...

As it turns out, gopher snakes don’t have the corner on swimming. With nearly 4,000 snake species worldwide, it’s impossible to know how many of them swim. Some are rare or endangered. And in some ...