If snakes are slithering too close for comfort in your garden, this fragrant substance may be the simple trick you've been ...

There are two types of snakes you might want to see in your garden, as they're non-venomous and make great pest control. But if even these reptilian visitors make your skin crawl, you may be eager to ...

If you are anything like me, you might have a strange love-hate relationship with snakes. On spying one in the yard, you might scream, recoil and dash for the door (which is totally fine, of course), ...

Closeup of a snake in the grass - Jairo Alzate / Unsplash There are plenty of people who adore snakes. Then there are the rest of us who get light-headed when someone utters the word "snake." While ...

Snake repellents like oils, granules and mothballs lack proven effectiveness. Mothballs pose health risks to humans and pets. Habitat changes remain the most reliable snake deterrents. It’s summertime ...

The spring and upcoming summer season will lead to more time outside, and that means more snake sightings. You can expect to see more snakes showing up along trails, in the woods, crossing roads and ...

Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer’s process or an extra tidbit that accompanies our cover story. This week’s cover story explore ...

With South Carolina deep into spring and closing in on summer, copperheads are out in force. The most common venomous snake in South Carolina, the copperhead, while it prefers to avoid human contact, ...

Mid-March has two milestones linked to snakes: St. Patrick's Day, March 17, and the official beginning of spring, March 20. The first relates to the legend that St. Patrick ran the snakes out of ...