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, ...
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 ...
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 ...