Paul and I spotted something exceedingly rare last week during a picnic with our dogs, not far from Zirconia, North Carolina.

Garden plantings of native coontie helped fuel a quiet rebound, with sightings now spreading north and peaking in Florida’s ...

Zhou's family is among tens of thousands of people in Guangxi displaced from their homes since Typhoon Maysak swept the ...

Meteorologists warn of a ‘complex’ series of challenges this year, with severe wind, rainstorms and geological disasters ...

Audubon Zoo has released dozens of endangered Louisiana pine snakes into the wild as part of a decades-long recovery program. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and ...

It's not uncommon to find the western rattlesnake in various parts of Oregon. The slithery, venomous serpents enjoy dry ...

Snakebite is no longer just a Tarai problem. Cases are increasingly being reported from Nepal's hills and mountain districts, including Solukhumbu, home to Mount Everest, forcing health authorities to ...

Two alligator-related incidents occurred in Florida on Sunday, June 28, with one leading to the death of a woman who was ...

My guide, Thai American snake expert Christopher Shannon, caught it in the beam of his flashlight, the snake’s chartreuse ...

A Critically Endangered reptile known only to occur in the grasslands around Melbourne has been spotted for the first time in ...

A cool, cloudy May morning in the flatwoods and old fields of southern Georgia turned out to be the kind of day reptile lovers dream about. By checking a series of metal tin sheets laid out on the ...

Upstate NY is home to some of America's oldest zoos, including the nation's third-oldest zoo, which has polar bears and giraffes.