At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...

While the eels may be plentiful in Muddy Hole, American eels have actually been classified as a species at risk. The ...

Beneath the waves are millions of dangerous sea creatures – and they exist on every continent, from Oceania to Asia and ...

Scientists discovered coastal sea snakes using unexpected diving tactics. They dive in two styles during normal foraging behaviour. One includes a strange wiggle unseen in other marine reptiles. This ...

Last month we shared footage of an enormous snake shown stretching its head and neck skyward, from a treetop, in the manner of a brontosaurus. Or such was the nature of remarks associated with the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Doctors sent Jake Latimer home after he was bitten by a banded sea krait, a docile but highly venomous snake. Sea kraits have some of the most toxic venom of any animal, but the snake did not inject ...

Alabama's lands are crawling with 49 species of snakes. Six are venomous, and the rest won't bother you. One snake stands out, not for its bite, but for its size. What is the longest snake in the ...

From copperheads and water moccasins to pigmy rattlesnakes, Georgia is home to 47 different species of snakes. Some can grow as long or longer than a full-sized man. But here's what to know about the ...

Personally, I love snakes, but many people can't say the same. Whether you like them or not, they play a beneficial role in your garden's ecosystem (if you want to keep your plants, anyway). This ...

Trawlers off southern India caught a deep-sea creature with a regrown tail later identified by scientists as a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Hundreds of feet down in the Arabian ...

Hundreds of feet down in the Arabian Sea, a 2-foot-long creature with a “large” head and regrown tail moved through the water, or tried to at least. Something enveloped it and pulled it toward the ...