To mark 20 years of the BBC TV series Planet Earth, we look at some of the filming firsts it captured – including a ‘zombie’ fungus ...

A research team led by scientists at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, has completed the most extensive genetic sequencing of a jararaca viper to date. The focus of the study was the genome ...

Wondering about the most dangerous birds on Earth? We've compiled this list of the Top 20 scariest birds — some that have ...

As much as humans might enjoy time in Oklahoma's best nature destinations, so do rattlesnakes in the warmer months.

The karst caves of north-western Puerto Rico in the Caribbean are home to a surprisingly large array of animals. Some of these creatures are small. Cockroaches and other bugs scuttle from nook to ...

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WSVN) — It’s not every day you see an elected official in the wild hunting for pythons. Democratic U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined a team of scientists from the ...

Homeowners searching for quick fixes to keep serpents away from their property often stumble upon mothballs as a supposed ...

Snakes can sometimes be unwelcome guests in your garden or backyard, but you may inadvertently be giving them an invitation if you have these plants.

In the older quarters of Singapore, fragments of forest persist like memories that refuse to fade. Within them live creatures that few residents ever see, and some that no longer exist there at all.

In a state that still hosts grisly “rattlesnake roundups,” human Texans should learn to see something of themselves in their ...