The snake release is part of an ongoing effort to strengthen the species' population and restore Florida's longleaf pine ecosystem Forty-one federally threatened eastern indigo snakes recently ...

A plump snake recovered during a nature survey in Georgia had a surprising secret to share. The Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GNR) detailed how the "stout ...

The docile, nonvenomous eastern indigo snake is known for its lustrous, blue-black body; the reddish-orange hue on its chin, throat and cheeks; and its large size, as long as 7 feet from nose to tail, ...

Michele Elmore holds an eastern indigo snake before releasing it into the wild. She is the species' recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo by Renee Bodine/USFWS. The ...

Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) biologists and permittees began annual eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking volunteers to identify images of eastern indigo snakes from a database of digital photos to assist in the conservation of North America ...

Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. The indigo snake appeared without ...

As if snakes couldn't get any scarier, a researcher stumbled across a snake that had vomited up two smaller snakes—one of which was somehow still alive. This skin-crawling story was shared to Facebook ...

From copperheads and water moccasins to pigmy rattlesnakes, Georgia is home to 47 different species of snakes. Some can grow as long or longer than a full-sized man. But here's what to know about the ...

The non-venomous snakes are a "lynchpin species in the longleaf pine ecosystem," which Florida experts are working to restore Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The nonvenomous eastern indigo snake has a diet that includes rattlesnakes and other reptiles Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...