Shawnee National Forest’s Snake Road is closing Sunday, Sept. 1 so that snakes and amphibians, some of them considered threatened and endangered in Illinois and the United States, can migrate from ...

KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST – Many eyes were on the endangered Louisiana pine snake as it hissed and rattled its tail defensively outside the pocket gopher burrow where it was released. The behavior is ...

They were born and raised in captivity, but as they slowly slithered away from their handlers and disappeared into gopher holes in the Kisatchie National Forest, the group of Louisiana pine snakes ...

Researchers with the Memphis Zoo have released 50 endangered Louisiana pine snakes into a national forest in an attempt to revive their population. On April 22, the Memphis Zoo’s research team and ...

High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

UNION COUNTY, Ill. -- Why did the snake cross the road? If it's in the LaRue Swamp, it's probably looking to migrate. The Shawnee National Forest service announced Wednesday, it is closing Forest ...

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A tiny reed snake, Calamaria mizoramensis, has been discovered in Mizoram, India. Hidden for years, this nocturnal species ...

Once again, the Shawnee National Forest will be closing a road to mechanical vehicles. But on foot or by slither, Snake Road in the National Forest should be busy with snakes and amphibians migrating ...