More generally, Indiana enjoys abundant water, but the state does ... frogs, lizards, snakes and badgers. More than 70 species of butterflies have been identified there, including the state ...

Kentucky is about to get hit with massive numbers of periodical cicadas. Unlike the annual cicadas, periodical cicadas emerge ...

Sightings are color-coded by hummingbird species. Through mid-April, ruby-throated hummingbirds have been spotted as far north as southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, working their way northward ...

It was hard to square what the GIs had been told with the reality they found on the ground,” writes Gretchen Heefner in “Sand ...

Located in Monroe County, Lake Monroe is the largest lake in Indiana. It’s home to a diverse snake ... as well as non-venomous species like the diamondback water snake. The rocky shorelines and dense ...

Peregrine falcon Moxie welcomes her first hatchling of 2025 atop the I&M building in Fort Wayne, thrilling birdwatchers ...

Brushy Creek has one, and it’s spectacular. This massive park is like the Swiss Army knife of outdoor recreation. The lake stretches out for miles, surrounded by forests that burst with color in ...

Of the 44 species of snake that are native to Florida, six are venomous. Here's a guide to identifying them and the harmless snakes they resemble.

For the ninth consecutive year, The Nature Conservancy released eastern indigo snakes into Florida's Apalachicola Bluffs and ...

After Michigan's snakes hibernate and endure the cold months, they emerge from hibernation in spring, Huron-Clinton MetroParks said, and once the days are longer and steadily warmer they spend the ...

Nonvenomous snakes such as scarlet kingsnake, eastern hognose and water snake species are frequently confused with their venomous counterparts: coral snakes, rattlesnakes and water moccasins ...