A sandy, open ecosystem that extends from Albany’s Pine Bush north through Wilton is not only habitat for the endangered Karner Blue butterfly but also for a variety of interesting snakes. “It ...

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pinecones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what pine snakes eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not ...

A pine snake peeks out over his enclosure at the Warren E. Fox Nature Center at the Atlantic County Park in Estell Manor. Of all of New Jersey's endangered species, one faces a unique challenge.

The pine snake is one of the most interesting and robust reptiles you'll find slithering through the pine woods and sandy soils of North America. Belonging to the species Pituophis melanoleucus, these ...

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 ...

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pine cones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what they eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not know that ...