KTRE

Ellen Trout Zoo sees success in 13-year effort to breed, save endangered snake species

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Ellen Trout Zoo is seeing success in an ongoing effort to breed and help save an endangered snake species. Robert Jackson is a General Curator with Ellen Trout Zoo. He’s ...
Sanibel-Captiva - Island Reporter, Islander and Current

SCCF begins eastern indigo snake surveys

Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) biologists and permittees began annual eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon ...
Yahoo

Florida Python Challenge: Could snake's breeding grounds expand north? Officials monitoring

For now, the annual Florida Python Challenge takes place at eight competition locations in and around the Everglades, including portions of Collier County. This year's hunt is underway. It started at ...
The Advocate

Researchers breed rare Louisiana pine snake by artificial insemination, a first of its kind

Steve Reichling has done many things in his 47-year career as a snake researcher at the Memphis Zoo, but one of the more exciting tasks is wrangling wild Louisiana Pine Snakes. Several researchers at ...
Reuters

Chinese village bites into snake business

ZISIQIAO VILLAGE, China (Reuters Life!) - This sleepy village nestled in the heart of vast farmland in China's eastern Zhejiang province hides a deadly secret. A step into the homes of any of the ...
AOL

Invasive 2m-long snake breeding inside walls and attics across UK, scientists warn

One of Europe’s largest snake species is crawling up walls and into attics in the UK, seeking warmth for breeding, scientists say in a new study. Aesculapian snakes, which grow up to 7ft long, are not ...
Southeast Missourian

Snake breed can no longer be kept as pets in Missouri

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A recently amended law makes it illegal for Missourians to keep an energetic yet harmless snake mostly found in sand prairies in Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties. The ...