Ever heard of a snake that eats other snakes? Meet Alabama’s biggest serpent and its surprising appetite for rattlers.

Between its incredible size and powerful jaw, Georgia's largest snake has been called the emperor of the forest. Is it ...

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 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, ...

A plump snake recovered during a nature survey in Georgia had a surprising secret to share. The Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GNR) detailed how the "stout ...

Eastern Indigo Snake. Photo by Ben Stegenga. Houston Chandler, Orianne Society's Director of Science, releases Eastern Indigo Snake into the wild in Alabama. Photo by Francesca Erickson. The Orianne ...

Carson Peña of The Nature Conservancy releases an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve north of Bristol. Credit: Photo via Jim Turner/NSF ...

Wildlife researchers trekked through the tall grass in north Florida, unbothered by the long, slithering “apex predator” species in their hands. The researchers were at the Apalachicola Bluffs and ...

Years ago, a massive 8-foot-long snake roamed across the southeastern United States. Sadly, human development broke apart and destroyed the snake’s habitats over the years. In addition, humans also ...

The nonvenomous eastern indigo snake has a diet that includes rattlesnakes and other reptiles Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...