Acquiring and caring for non-native albino rattlesnakes placed a financial burden on Molieri. Additionally, albinos are light-sensitive, significantly more dangerous to use in training, and not an ...

Pork Chop may try to look tough, but Tanglewood Nature Center officials say the western hognose snake is more bluff than bite ...

Snakes may be feared, but many animals hunt them. Explore how predators adapt to venom, speed, and defense to shape ...

National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2026 occurs between February 23 and February 27, 2026. Invasive species are frequently ecological disasters, as evidenced by the damage caused by feral pigs ...

As snow settles on the ground and temperatures drop, it’s easy to think most animals are doing what plenty of people do—curling up somewhere warm and waiting out the freeze.

Despite a decided shortage of placebo-controlled trials in humans to support that advice, the business of longevity is ...

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at all.

A new study reveals that numerous snake species are more cannibalistic than previously thought.

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...

Slithering boa constrictors, vibrant leopard geckos and torpid red-footed tortoises were among thousands of animals that took over the two stories of the Cradle of Aviation Museum Saturday for the ...

A python hunter captured a nearly 17-foot, 202-pound snake in the Florida Everglades. While it is legal to eat python meat in Florida, health officials strongly advise against it. Testing has revealed ...