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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is looking for participants to help identify a specific species of snake for research. The volunteers would help identify ...

Conservationists have been working to reintroduce the eastern indigo snake to a nature preserve in northwest Florida, where the creatures play a “vital role” in balancing the ecosystem. Wildlife ...

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 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 ...

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 ...