Shawnee National Forest’s Snake Road is set to close the week of Sunday, March 15 so that snakes and amphibians, some of them considered threatened and endangered in Illinois and the United States, ...

UNION COUNTY, Ill. – The U.S. Forest Service has closed a small gravel road in Shawnee National Forest to allow for the safe migration of reptiles and amphibians. Every spring and fall, tens of ...

UNION CO., IL (WSIL) -- Warm temperatures mean a popular wildlife destination is about to begin crawling with snakes. "This is an extraordinary opportunity right in our back yard," states Joshua ...

JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) - Snake Road in southern Illinois is closing to cars so snakes can cross without getting run over. The Southern Illinoisan reports that the road winding through the Shawnee ...

Less than a two-hour-drive south of Belleville, you can spot more than 20 species of snakes on a hike shorter than 3 miles. “I don’t think you can do that anywhere else in North America,” Mark ...