Louisiana is home to approximately 48 species of snakes, and seven of those species are venomous. Louisiana also is home to a diverse array of water bodies, including rivers, bayous, lakes, bays, ...

Tanee Janusz of Louisiana became the proud owner of a rare, two-headed Western rat snake after a friend found one in his yard last fall. "These guys are super slow so we were really surprised nothing ...

Serpents get a bad rap. Their lore, both mythological and pop cultural, can engender fear and hatred of snakes. Unfairly, experts say, humans go after the harmless, slithery rat exterminator in the ...

COLFAX — Kevin Hood always has loved snakes, so much so that family and friends would turn to him for help identifying them. The trouble was, most of the time, the photos they sent him showed snakes ...

It's that time of year — snake-spotting season. That means Jeff Boundy, of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, is getting more calls and emails everyday about the slithering reptiles. ...

A snake in a shopping cart, and another wrapped around a gasoline pump. And an alligator at a video arcade. The wildlife has been spotted in public places lately around Alexandria and Pineville. Nerri ...

You don't have to like them, just don't kill them. Sounds simple enough, but many cringe, panic and even bolt at just hearing their name much less seeing one in nature. We're talking snakes. More ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — How much do you ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous ...

This week’s featured creature is fairly common, and it isn’t uncommon for it to venture into residential yards. And because of that, the western rat snake has probably met the business end of a shovel ...

The longest snake native to North America is the Eastern indigo snake, which can reach lengths of almost nine feet. While Eastern indigo snakes were historically found in parts of Louisiana, they are ...

KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST, La. (WVUE) - As the US Forest Service works to restore Louisiana’s Longleaf Pine habitat, it’s also bringing in more snakes. Hundreds of rare Louisiana Pine Snakes are being ...