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 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking volunteers to identify images of eastern indigo snakes from a database of digital photos to assist in the conservation of North America ...

The residents of the Sunshine State have a few more scaly neighbors. On April 25, The Nature Conservancy and its partners released 42 young eastern indigo snakes, 22 females and 20 males, at the ...

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, ...

no doubt has some crazy wildlife. We're known for our gators lizards and more than 40 native species of snakes in today's Science of it Alex policies at the Orlando Science Center introducing us to ...

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 ...

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, ...

Alabama conservationists are celebrating the re-debut of the Eastern indigo snake, which is considered the largest species native to the US. Getty Images/iStockphoto A big, blue snake is making its re ...