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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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

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 ...

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 ...

Steve Reichling has done many things in his 47-year career as a snake researcher at the Memphis Zoo, but one of the more exciting tasks is wrangling wild Louisiana Pine Snakes. Several researchers at ...

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 ...