UPDATE (May 24, 2021): Since this article was first published in 2017, Poison Control has reported 44 snakebite incidents statewide. Nearly 82% of those —36 bites — were from venomous species. Idaho ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– Dr. Charles Peterson, a former professor of herpetology at Idaho State University and affiliate curator of herpetology at the Idaho Museum of Natural History, has launched an ...

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — What happens to Idaho snakes during the winter? The Idaho Fish and Game office in Nampa spoke with the Idaho Statesman over the phone to tell us about what is known as the ...

There are 12 snake species in Idaho, and none are perhaps as dangerous as the Western rattlesnake and prairie rattlesnake, Idaho’s two venomous snakes. Although rattlesnakes are generally not ...

There are 12 snake species in Idaho, and none are perhaps as dangerous as the Western rattlesnake and prairie rattlesnake, Idaho’s two venomous snakes. Although rattlesnakes are generally not ...

The invasive quagga mussels found in an Idaho river in 2023 were microscopic. But to state officials, their presence was enormous. Though the mussels couldn’t grow much larger than a nickel, state ...