The non-venomous snakes are a "lynchpin species in the longleaf pine ecosystem," which Florida experts are working to restore On April 30, The Nature Conservancy released 41 eastern indigo snakes ...

Video screengrab A uniquely Florida moment was caught on video when a man dove head-first into a swamp and emerged with the head of a massive snake in his right hand. It happened in February ...

The Nature Conservancy in Florida and the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens released the young eastern indigo snakes into the ... species in the longleaf pine ecosystem.' ...

which makes it the longest native snake in the United States. It lives in Florida, south Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, preferring mature longleaf-pine habitat, where it seeks out gopher tortoise ...

In October 2022 the Service proposed to protect two small, nonvenomous snakes — the Key ring-necked snake ... They’re found only in the pine rocklands of the lower Florida Keys. The peas used to live ...