In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the ...

Most people’s reaction to seeing a snake is a mix of surprise and a sudden urge to be somewhere else, especially if you find ...

While it’s true that most snakes aren’t considered poisonous, there definitely are poisonous snakes, with poison for their ...

Introduced to control rats, the Small Indian mongoose became one of conservation’s most infamous mistakes. Learn how this ...

A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species. The findings show diverse sexual behaviors are common — ...

Crows are no match for a larger predator like a hawk. So why is their mobbing behavior not met with an attack?

Many of us love animals, but there are some—like the rattlesnake—that we find difficult to sympathize with. I don’t wish ...

Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive ...

It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “It was insane.” ...

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

Four million years ago, the landscape of Northern Greece was the territory of a huge snake, a true biological titan.