KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST – Many eyes were on the endangered Louisiana pine snake as it hissed and rattled its tail defensively outside the pocket gopher burrow where it was released. The behavior is ...

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 ...

Shawnee National Forest’s Snake Road is closing Sunday, Sept. 1 so that snakes and amphibians, some of them considered threatened and endangered in Illinois and the United States, can migrate from ...

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Researchers with the Memphis Zoo have released 50 endangered Louisiana pine snakes into a national forest in an attempt to revive their population. On April 22, the Memphis Zoo’s research team and ...

Once again, the Shawnee National Forest will be closing a road to mechanical vehicles. But on foot or by slither, Snake Road in the National Forest should be busy with snakes and amphibians migrating ...

Many people expressed amazement and admiration at the snake's appearance, while others offered humorous comments.

It’s the time of year when visitors to the forest preserves may encounter snakes, but these animals pose little danger to humans. The eastern massasauga is the only venomous snake native to DuPage, ...