The giant garter snake is one of North America's largest native snakes, reaching up to 64 inches in length and endemic to California's Central Valley, where it originally inhabited natural wetlands.

Garter snakes are named for their resemblance to ... and their association with human-occupied habitats. However, their venom is one of the least toxic of all North American snake species.

TUCSON, Ariz.— In response to nearly two decades of action by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized critical habitat protection for the northern ...