Snakebites cost India’s poorest thousands in treatment. The average “out-of-pocket expenditure” for the most impoverished: at ...

Initially established in Everglades National Park in the early 1980s, Burmese pythons quickly put a stranglehold on Florida's ...

"Irwin's wolf snake" can grow to more than three feet in length, report the researchers who described the new species.

In 1986, his facility received a key and difficult-to-obtain accreditation by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.

One of a squirrel's most important tools is its impressive nut-cracking, seed-grinding teeth. Two pairs of sharp incisors ...

New species of finless eel discovered, Apterichtus kanniyakumari, off the coast of Tamil Nadu, revealing hidden biodiversity.

The costume queen once again transformed for her annual Oct. 31 celebration, this year going as Medusa. By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor The Queen of Halloween has done it again. As midnight neared in ...

From classic actresses to iconic artists, Hollywood went all out to celebrate the spookiest day of the year. By McKinley Franklin Hollywood loves Halloween, and the stars proved it this year with a ...

Closely examining jaw, tooth and spinal fragments of Coniophis, biologists in the United States concluded it was the most primitive animal of its kind - the missing link in snake evolution. They found ...

A tenth of a second is all a viper snake needs to land a bite. In Paris, a team filmed hundreds of venomous snakes and mapped their strike speed in 3D to see exactly how they do it. The work tracked ...

These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding reptiles owe their evolutionary success in part to the effectiveness of their bite, which they deliver at an astonishing speed before their prey can escape. Now ...