California is home to 50 different species of snakes — including seven species of rattlesnakes, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. If that makes your skin crawl, you’re not ...

Very few things are scarier than stumbling across a venomous snake on your hike or outdoor stroll, so here are some places where you can avoid that feeling.

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California now has an official state snake and state shrub, adding to its long list of state symbols. How’s that for alliteration? New state shrub and snake: The big berry manzanita (Arctostaphylos ...

A Glen Cove couple was stunned to discover that a 4-foot-long snake had taken residence in a baseboard heater — inches from their bed. Lauren and Eric Feinstein found the California kingsnake in their ...

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Oct. 9 that two new state symbols, signing legislation establishing the bigberry manzanita as ...