Snake repellent plants can be hugely important if you live in an area where these unwelcome reptiles thrive. Snakes love damp, secluded spots with dense leaf cover and also sun-bathed rock gardens, ...

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), ...

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 ...

Imagine stumbling out of bed and accidentally stepping on a snake. It’s the stuff of nightmares! Yet, it happens, especially in the warmer months. Snakes tend to make themselves known during prime ...

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 ...

It’s summertime, which means snakes (and soon, cicadas) are emerging. In the Triangle and central North Carolina, most of the snakes you might encounter are not venomous. If you do run into a venomous ...