A spring morning in Georgia’s Coastal Plain turned up coachwhips, racers, rat snakes, timber rattlesnakes, and four Eastern ...
Gray rat snakes are great to have around because they are vacuum cleaners for mice. That matters because rodents can carry diseases like hantavirus, contaminate food, and create problems around homes, ...
A Grey Ratsnake sits in a tree in Kettering, Ohio. DEVIN MEISTER / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO “If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you.” That’s great advice and a truism for almost all wildlife, ...
“If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you.” That’s great advice and a truism for almost all wildlife, something even a 4-year-old can recognize. It’s especially true for Ohio’s longest reptile, ...