Louisiana is home to approximately 48 species of snakes, and seven of those species are venomous. Louisiana also is home to a diverse array of water bodies, including rivers, bayous, lakes, bays, ...

Serpents get a bad rap. Their lore, both mythological and pop cultural, can engender fear and hatred of snakes. Unfairly, experts say, humans go after the harmless, slithery rat exterminator in the ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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

COLFAX — Kevin Hood always has loved snakes, so much so that family and friends would turn to him for help identifying them. The trouble was, most of the time, the photos they sent him showed snakes ...

You don't have to like them, just don't kill them. Sounds simple enough, but many cringe, panic and even bolt at just hearing their name much less seeing one in nature. We're talking snakes. More ...

Where they live, what they look like and who they eat Snakes! You either love 'em or you hate 'em, or sometimes if you're in the French Quarter you wear them around your shoulders. But one thing's ...

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 ...