Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louisiana is home to approximately 48 species of snakes, and seven of those species are venomous. Louisiana also is home to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Louisiana has 48 snake species, seven of which are venomous. Lake Pontchartrain is considered the most snake-infested lake in Louisiana. Lake Maurepas, Calcasieu Lake, and Lake Claiborne are also ...

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 ...