This week’s featured creature is fairly common, and it isn’t uncommon for it to venture into residential yards. And because of that, the western rat snake has probably met the business end of a shovel ...

It was a merciless fight, if the picture is any indication. A gray rat snake and a young red-tailed hawk were tangling, and a photo shared by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency shows the bird’s ...

A gray rat snake was found hiding inside the toilet of an Alabama property, and the homeowners alerted the police. The incident occurred on Friday in the city of Eufaula, which is located in the ...

The western rat snake, also called the black snake and the black rat snake, is one of the larger snakes you might find around Wichita. Missouri Department of Conservation While Wichita continues to ...

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