Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

One of the strange, small reptiles living within the giant deserts of Southern Africa is the barking gecko. It is strange to ...

As WSB-TV 2 Atlanta reported, the man, Wayne Gardner, headed home after seeing the snake stretched across the road and ...

The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

The night snake, whose scientific classification is Hypsiglena torquata, is a small nocturnal snake found in a broad but ...

South Florida researchers warn the Everglades face an Asian swamp eel invasion, depleting small fish and starving wading birds, threatening the wetland food web.

A University of Kentucky-led research group is studying snake fungal disease across Kentucky to answer a question with high stakes for wildlife: Do ...

We explain why snakes have to shed their entire top layer of skin in one go as part of their growth cycle and how often they shed.

Evidence suggests pythons may be evolving to tolerate colder climates farther north. These invasive snakes are primarily established in South Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee. As sections of the ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing destruction in the Florida Everglades. The snakes have contributed to the decline of several small mammal populations. Estimates place the Burmese ...