Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...

Years after losing his leg in a tiger shark attack, he returns to the ocean for an unbelievable second encounter. This time, he comes face to face with a massive 15-foot tiger shark in open water.

There is a surprisingly wide variety of snakes in Japan, with over 40 species in total that inhabit the country’s many ...

A fisherman in Pennsylvania describes how — and why — he converted into a rattlesnake-catching junkie, and what it's like to ...

Most people recognize the king cobra as the largest venomous snake alive today, but fossil evidence suggests an even larger ...

Red-necked keelback snakes are highly toxic—mere drops of their pungent yellow poison could blind a mongoose and stop its heart within minutes. But the snakes don’t make that toxin themselves; rather, ...

Australia is often portrayed as a land full of deadly creatures, but the reality is far more nuanced than most people expect. While the continent is home to venomous snakes, powerful predators, and ...

As a long and wiry scrub python slithers its way from branch to branch on a tree, it can effortlessly lift itself upright to climb onto a higher perch. But how does it do it? With no arms and legs to ...

As temperatures warm up and summer days approach, snakes are emerging from their dens after sheltering from the cold winter months across North Texas. If a snake has bitten you, here is what the CDC ...

On Friday, March 13, Tedeschi Trucks Band retook their place at New York’s Beacon Theatre in continuation of their venue-specific residency. Night three of ten marked one of live music’s most ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

On February 4th, the longest wild snake in history was recorded according to Guinness World Records. The reticulated python was discovered in Indonesia and is thought to be the longest wild snake ...