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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous ...

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. Kevin Hood handles a ...

Louisiana has 48 snake species, seven of which are venomous. Lake Pontchartrain is considered the most snake-infested lake in Louisiana. Lake Maurepas, Calcasieu Lake, and Lake Claiborne are also ...

A Baton Rouge man has been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting reported in late November. A pair stole more than $1,100 worth of items from a Juban Crossing business in Livingston Parish, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana is home to different kinds of nonvenomous and venomous snakes. There are 55 species and sub-species of snakes, seven of which are venomous, according to Brad ...

Getting people to change their attitudes about snakes is a difficult task. Knowing more about Louisiana’s snakes can help change some minds. The Hood family members educated, reassured and influenced ...

Cryopreserved semen and artificial insemination led to the hatching of three Louisiana pine snakes at the Memphis Zoo, according to scientists. Screengrab from the Memphis Zoo's Facebook post Decades ...

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 ...