Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, ...

Hognoses can also become prey for a lot of other species, such as raccoons, opossums, other snakes, and birds of prey. To ...

A wave of fresh science is challenging a century-old treatment and offering hope to the people snakebites harm most—often far ...

Copperheads may threaten humans, but kingsnakes hunt venomous rivals. When these two share territory, which snake truly ...

There is more to hibernation than having a long winter’s nap, says Norfolk Wildlife Trust conservation officer Robert Morgan.

There is more to hibernation than having a long winter’s nap, says Norfolk Wildlife Trust conservation officer .

Ligia Pizzatto is trying to protect turtle nests by baiting them with chemically treated chicken eggs to make foxes sick.

Animals have many hidden and mysterious traits that we often overlook. Among these is the remarkable ability of certain ...

A wet lead-in to summer and intensifying summer heat has brought out the pythons, red bellies and brown snakes, and they are ...

Most frogs defend themselves with toxins that sit passively in their skin, but only two species are known to go a step further and actively inject venom into anything that grabs them. These little ...

In an unusual case, a woman developed a parasitic infection in her lungs, when more typically, the parasite stays just under ...