The seven continents on Earth – Europe, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, South America, North America, and Africa – are often ...

Red snakes are perhaps the most visually stunning of these intriguing reptiles, drawing attention with vibrant shades of ...

There are roughly 3,000 snake species on Earth, and about 600 of them are venomous. That sounds terrifying, but most snakes ...

Researchers in California are preparing for the possible return of a parasitic flesh-eating fly which once decimated livestock. The New World screwworm is the larval (or maggot) stage of a blowfly ...

The human eye can only detect wavelengths in the visible light range, but a new imaging system will let us "see" infrared radiation using smartphones. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Last month we featured footage of an enormous, dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda and was photographed in a way that made the striking bird appear even larger. “We were ...

Anaconda, a new spin on a long-dormant franchise that sees a group of adventurers tracking down a giant snake in the Amazon, isn’t a reboot or a remake of the 1997 original film starring Jennifer ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

In a new study, 79 percent of black-spotted pond frogs successfully consumed the northern giant hornet. Shinji Sugiura / Kobe University For a mouse several times its size, a sting from the “murder ...