Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The non-venomous snakes are a "lynchpin species in the longleaf pine ecosystem," which Florida experts are working to restore ...

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, covering pets, ...

Man holds eastern indigo snake drymarchon corais couperi© Rickard James, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Have you ever wondered what the largest snake in North ...

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 ...

The eastern indigo snake was found in Alabama for the second time in more than 60 years. According to a Facebook post from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the reptile was ...

For only the second time in more than 60 years, the elusive Eastern indigo snake has slithered into Alabama. The discovery of a wild-born Eastern indigo snake marks the success of an intensive program ...

Conservation biologists are continuing efforts to reintroduce the longest snake in North America back into Alabama’s longleaf pine forests. Biologists from the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical ...

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 ...