Both the scarlet snake and scarlet kingsnake are non-venomous look-alikes of the venomous eastern coral snake. There was some snake news recently in Southwest Florida and it had nothing to do with the ...

Copperhead snakes peak in late summer as juveniles disperse to find shelter. Eastern black kingsnakes prey on venomous snakes and resist their toxins. Kingsnake presence may reduce copperhead ...

A scarlet snake was documented on Sanibel Island for the first time in September. This sighting follows the first appearance of a scarlet kingsnake on the island since the 1970s. Both the scarlet ...