Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday.

David Stein said he saw a few reptiles in his backyard, which is common for the area. However, when the snake catcher dug into his mulch pile, he saw 102 snakes, including 97 newborns. The snakes are ...

If you've ever seen those squiggly black lines on paved roads, they are called tar snakes, but what do they do and are they ...

Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Throngs of people in down jackets filled a Beijing park for a “temple fair” on a sunny but chilly day.

Despite the negative press that snakes sometimes generate ... Colours that bring luck include black, red and yellow, while the numbers that resonate best for you are two, eight and nine.

such as the Honduran milk snake. The enchanting serpent has a scaly body of red, black and yellow bands, which mimics the venomous coral snake as a defence mechanism. For those who wish to test ...

Though snow has stopped falling in Louisiana, continued freezing overnight temperatures mean residents should beware of black ice and fire hazards, Gov. Jeff Landry said in a press conference ...

The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday. By Yan ...

But wildlife natives like cypress trees and prairie plants, and cold-blooded gators and snakes, should be alright. “I’ve never seen snow like this in Louisiana, for sure,” said Doucet ...