SAN MARCOS, Calif. — In recent weeks, San Diegans have reported dozens of baby rattlesnake sightings in backyards and on local hiking trails. In this Zevely Zone, I share a close call in San Marcos.

matching the color and pattern of the mountain on which it lives,” Rattlesnake Solutions reports. Mark Price is a National Reporter for McClatchy News. He joined the network of newspapers in ...

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In May we featured an image from Arizona as part of a quiz challenging readers to spot a camouflaged rattlesnake. Below is a repost for those interested in testing their spotting skills.

Colors are widely used in communication within and among animal species. For example, peacocks proudly display their vibrant ...

copperhead and coral snake. Populating most of the Southeast, the cottonmouth gets its name from the white color inside its mouth, although a Native American legend on how the snake got its name ...

The live feed, which draws as many as 500 people at a time online, on Thursday showed a tangle of baby snakes with tiny nubs for rattles. They have a lot of growing to do: A rattlesnake adds a ...

A version of this post was published by FTW Outdoors in 2021. A Phoenix-based company that relocates rattlesnakes reported by concerned residents has quizzed Facebook followers by posting the ...

It was the “arsenic” in the Arsenic and Old Lace, the “death” in the Death in the Afternoon, and a Whiskey Sour with a dash of absinthe was changed to a Rattlesnake—something dangerous ...

Moogan the 11-year-old dog sensed a camouflaged rattlesnake while on a walk with Dan Fishbein and alerted the man to the nearby reptile Best Friends Animal Society Moogan, the rescue dog ...

There once was a volunteer bitten by a baby rattlesnake, but she had not heard of any of the 400 dogs at Best Friends getting bitten or getting their walker away from a rattlesnake while out on a ...