A wave of new state laws taking effect in 2026 covers everything from wages and workplace protections to gender-neutral ...

In 2025, local organizations and individuals demonstrated remarkable community spirit through various lifestyle achievements ...

AND RESCUE. WELL, CALIFORNIA NOW HAS A STATE SNAKE. IT IS THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE. THE POPULATION OF THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE HAS DECLINED BY MORE THAN 90% OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THERE IT IS. IT WAS ...

California will have an official state snake in 2026. A new law that takes effect in January makes the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) the official state snake. The species is native to ...

The Minoans of Bronze Age Crete were unique in the Mediterranean for their rituals, including those pertaining to the snake ...

Was this 33-foot monster anaconda the longest on record? Click here to discover the largest anaconda ever found.

Tim Friede has been bitten by venomous snakes more than 200 times. On nearly every occasion, he has positively encouraged it. Lethal cobras, mambas, vipers, taipans, rattlesnakes and kraits—he has ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

Colorado wildlife authorities have ended their search for mountain lions along a hiking trail where a woman was killed in an attack on Jan. 1.

Hundreds of new laws were approved this year in California, and many of them will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a sweeping array of bills for 2026 covering consumer protection, labor rights, education, and ...

A 16-story pyramid towers over the rainforest that covers the remains of the ancient Maya city of Calakmul in Mexico. Calakmul was the capital city of the Kaanul, or Snake, Dynasty from the ...