Are you thinking about getting a pet snake? Choosing between a corn snake vs. milk snake can be tricky. Both species look ...

Only about 10% of the world's roughly 4,000 snake species have venom strong enough to seriously hurt a human, but that's ...

Hawks are powerful, fierce birds of prey. These efficient predators are carnivores that feed on small mammals, fish, and ...

Here’s why: The northern desert night snake is brown, beige or pale gray, with dark blotches on its upperside. It also has a ...

The "fastest evolving vertebrate" title is hotly contested, but here are a few contenders.

Tiger-Lily, a nearly three-foot-long western rat snake found in 2017 in southwest Missouri, will be at the Anita B. Gorman ...

Baby copperhead season has arrived in South Carolina and they are born venomous. Here’s what to know and how to avoid them.

Nearly two decades on, the mask worn by the anarchist revolutionary in V for Vendetta still commands attention. One recent ...

Scientists zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a new model for the study of complex social behaviors in mammals. Scientists ...

The University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory notes that eastern indigo snakes eat "other snakes, including rattlesnakes and cottonmouths," small mammals, birds, and frogs. The snake ...

With no natural predators, the snakes proliferated, gobbling up the island’s small animals. Already, the snake has driven ...

The World Wide Fund (WWF) has launched Vulture Count 2024 to monitor and conserve India's declining vulture populations.