#snake conservation

Initially, this couple wanted the rattlesnakes gone. As usual, that old strategy wasn’t a solution to the perceived problem: translocated snakes returned and new ones showed up. In rural Arizona, their lush yard offers food and water for wildlife (including snakes) and an old adobe structure used for storage provided the best overwintering den around for Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnakes, what we would come to call the “Snake House.”

Nowadays snakes are only moved if they’re hanging around immediately outside the couples’ house, a hundred yards back to the Snake House. The homeowners have become snake stewards, greeting them when encountered and offering apologies to them when disturbed. In short, they treat rattlesnakes like the good neighbors they are. So what happened?

Celebrate World Snake Day by exploring the vital roles, cultural symbolism, and diverse beauty of snakes. Let's dispel myths and embrace their ecological significance.

On July 16th, we commemorate World Snake Day—a time to appreciate these fascinating creatures that evoke a wide range of emotions and perceptions among people worldwide. Snakes, with their sleek bodies, mesmerizing movements, and often misunderstood nature, hold a crucial place in ecosystems and cultures alike. This blog delves into the significance of World Snake Day, explores the roles snakes…

Above is a black-necked garter snake.

Scopes for Snake Conservation

Broadening Public Perception Beyond High Profile Vertebrates: Scopes for Snake Conservation

Mohammed Ashraf

Charismatic snake as such this one can help challenge negative stereotype among humans…

An unfortunate certainty associated with the ever-growing human population is the loss or alteration of habitat. Coupled with this population increase, technological advances have allowed humans to…

You spoke. They listened. Snakes won!

The Conference Committee decided to let science drive conservation and removed a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts budget that would have hampered the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s ability to make independent conservation decisions! Now we need to thank these #SnakeHeroes for standing with science-based conservation in Massachusetts.

1: leave them alone and walk away.

questions? refer back to step 1.

by and large, most snakebites occur when someone is bothering the snake.

you know what the difference is?

mosquitoes and ticks actively seek you out with intentions of eating little parts of you. they’re parasites, they’re prolific, and they’re zoonotic disease vectors.

snakes, on the other hand, are none of these things. in fact, studies have shown that places with lots of snakes have LESS zoonotic diseases, because of how much snakes love feeding on small animals like rats and mice, which provide food and transportation for disease-carrying vectors like ticks, fleas, flukes, etc.

make no mistake about it: we need snakes.

you may have been duped into thinking that snakes are pests, but by eradicating snakes, you pave the way for REAL pestilence... the kind that will parasitize you, make you very sick, and possibly even kill you.