Despite having a reputation for being evil, snakes are fascinating, diverse, and intelligent animals that play a vital role in maintaining the ecosystem. As of 2025, there are just over 4,100 ...

Garter snakes are important animals to have around because they eat pests such as slugs and rodents. While they are not dangerous to humans, they do have a rear fang that excretes venom as they ...

Garter snakes even do fairly well in suburbia, owing much of their success to their generalist diet. They eat everything from fish, tadpoles and frogs to earthworms, insects, ...

Garter snakes can bite or strike humans if they feel threatened. Small garter snakes eat prey such as slugs and earthworms, but larger garter snakes eat birds, fish, amphibians and rodents.

Garter snakes are among a gardener’s best friends. They will eat grasshoppers, beetles and small mammals – all pests. Montana has three species of garter snakes: common, terrestrial and plains ...

Eyes open, Petaluma! ‘Nope ropes’ and ‘danger noodles’ (aka snakes) are out and about in summertime. But fear not - most are ...