snakes

Let’s say that, for fun, you wanted to go into alligator-infested area, hip-deep in water where you can’t see the bottom, standing in mushy marl, in the middle of the night, and try to capture a huge snake that in turn may want to capture you. Then, the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “2022 Florida Python Challenge®” is for you.

The Pigmy Rattlesnake is four to six inches long at birth and some adults can reach two and a half feet – although most reach only about 20 inches. It is…

Some conservationists say the wrong kind of serpent has been released into a Florida preserve known locally as "the original Garden of Eden," but others...

Scientists are re-introducing indigo snakes for the first time in decades to a stretch of forest outside Tallahassee.

Few animals arouse the instinct to hunt quite like the Burmese Python. The invasive species has slithered across the Everglades and into every corner of…

Florida has gone halfway around the world to get help with its python problem.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing two native Florida snakes under the Endangered Species Act. The Florida short-tailed snake is…