Of the 44 species of snake that are native to Florida, six are venomous. Here's a guide to identifying them and the harmless ...

Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 ...

For the ninth consecutive year, The Nature Conservancy released eastern indigo snakes into Florida's Apalachicola Bluffs and ...

The Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy and its partners released the hundreds of frosted flatwoods salamanders in Florida's ...

Florida's 1.3 million alligators enjoy a varied, opportunistic diet, including snakes. Do gators eat invasive Burmese pythons ...

Officials released 42 eastern indigo snakes into the wilds of Florida this week in an effort to recover local populations of ...

Biologists released 42 Eastern indigo snakes into their increasingly uncommon environment, the longleaf pine ecosystem in the Florida Panhandle. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Burmese pythons are nonvenomous, but they're one of the most destructive invasive species in Florida. Can you shoot them?

Ball pythons get to be about 4 feet long, while Burmese pythons can reach between 10 and 16 feet long as adults. However, the ...

Six venomous snake species are native to Florida, including three rattlesnake species. Snakes are most active during warmer months, starting in the late spring and carrying on throughout the summer.

In addition, humans also targeted the snakes themselves until they had all but disappeared. Now, thanks to the dedicated ...