Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

Snakes can sometimes be unwelcome guests in your garden or backyard, but you may inadvertently be giving them an invitation if you have these plants.

One lawsuit has been filed, and SC officials are considering changes in the law after a small child was attacked by a large ...

Snakes have lost the gene that encodes ghrelin, a hormone that helps regulate hunger in many vertebrates, according to a new study.

To improve their chances of survival, animals must learn – and that can be dangerous. A new study from the University of Würzburg shows how gradual learning under parental supervision can reduce these ...

SCHOOL groups and tourists are visiting a cave with bats that carry Marburg virus, previously flagged as having pandemic ...

Adaptation is essential for survival. Across species, it occurs over many generations through evolution and natural selection. Individual animals, however, can also adapt within their own ...

Another giant reptile is clawing its way toward disrupting the South Florida ecosystem as an invasive species. The Nile monitor -- a semi-aquatic lizard equipped with razor claws that can grow up to 6 ...

To improve their chances of survival, animals must learn - and that can be dangerous. A new study from the University of Würzburg shows how gradual ...

A creature older than the Himalayas, central to Southeast Asian folklore and forest ecology, yet in Bangladesh it exists only as rumour, confusion, and unanswered questions ...