Cajun food is known to be rustic, but Louisiana officials are suggesting caution when it comes to eating the giant invasive snails spreading in the state’s swamps. The bayous have become a popular ...

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous snakes include three different species of rattlesnake, two species of coral ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — How much do you know about snakes in Louisiana? There are dozens of native species. Some people are terrified of them, a fear called ophidiophobia. But did you know only a ...

Serpents get a bad rap. Their lore, both mythological and pop cultural, can engender fear and hatred of snakes. Unfairly, experts say, humans go after the harmless, slithery rat exterminator in the ...