It is warming up here in Louisiana, and with those rising temperatures come snakes. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department has listed 43 species of snakes that commonly inhabit Louisiana. Of ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous snakes include three different species of rattlesnake, two species of coral ...

Seven venomous snakes call Louisiana home, including coral snakes, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes and copperheads. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 7,000 to 8,000 people get bitten by ...

They were born and raised in captivity, but as they slowly slithered away from their handlers and disappeared into gopher holes in the Kisatchie National Forest, the group of Louisiana pine snakes ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As the 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 released into ...

Where they live, what they look like and who they eat Snakes! You either love 'em or you hate 'em, or sometimes if you're in the French Quarter you wear them around your shoulders. But one thing's ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — How much do you know about snakes in Louisiana? There are dozens of native species. Some people are terrified of them, a fear called ophidiophobia. But did you know only a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Did you know that in certain circumstances, it’s illegal to bring certain types of snakes into the state of Louisiana? “We recognize the impacts these animals can have on ...

During summer months, snakes become more active, as they come out to bask in the sun, find food and seek cool areas in order to avoid overheating. This means that copperheads, a venomous species of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Did you know ...

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 ...