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 ...

The Riverhead nonprofit charged with helping to preserve Long Island’s pine barrens — more than 100,000 acres of eastern Suffolk County woods and wetlands that officials say are home to hundreds of ...

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 ...

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 ...