Roughly a week after Florida's 2025 Python Challenge wrapped up, wildlife officials are asking the public to search for another snake. Just for very different reasons. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — There’s a snake the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is calling “the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow,” and they want you to let them know if you see one.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has received at least a dozen credible rainbow snake sightings since it sought the public's assistance in documenting the elusive reptiles. FWC ...

The rare, nonvenomous snake hasn’t been spotted since 2020, and officials are asking the public to keep an eye open for them. Reading time 2 minutes As their name suggests, rainbow snakes sport ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking for the public’s help in documenting a shimmering, yet elusive, reptile. The rainbow snake is a large, nonvenomous ...

Rainbow snakes spend almost all of their time underwater, hunting fish and eels, so sightings in Alabama are fairly rare. But if you do see one, you won’t forget it. Colorful stripes run the entire ...

The elusive rainbow snake, scientifically known as Farancia erytrogramma, is a nonvenomous species, whose population has declined in recent decades, according to the FWC. Their populations have been ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking the public to report sightings of the elusive rainbow snake, a nonvenomous species whose population has declined over recent ...

Florida officials are concerned about the invasive Burmese python, which is harming the Everglades ecosystem. Conversely, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is asking for public help in locating ...

The rainbow snake — an elusive Florida reptile — has been captured in several photos, leaving experts thrilled. Last documented in 1952, the rainbow snake, or Farancia erytrogramma, is a nonvenomous ...

The striking reptile, with its iridescent black or violet-blue scales, hasn't been seen in some areas of Florida since 1952 Pierson Hill and Kevin Enge/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...