The black snake Dendrelaphis atra has been discovered on an island in Papua New Guinea; this species stands out for its ...

The timber rattlesnake is critically endangered, both regionally and nationally, after humans hunted them for decades and due to habitat loss. The snakes are incredibly rare in New Hampshire, likely ...

When two employees at the East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley, California, pulled a baby snake from the incubator seven months ago, ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

I’ve seen this species alive in the wild twice during my own fieldwork,” says Diego Cisneros-Heredia, an ecologist at the San ...

I've always had a fraught relationship with nature, but until this weekend, I thought nature and I had an understanding.

With its distinctive reddish-brown scaly skin and a tangy, mildly sweet taste, this fruit is not just a treat for the taste ...

The very word “anaconda” instantly strikes fear into the hearts and minds of people all over the world, and for plenty of ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The Non-Native Species Secretariat and the British Beekeepers Association are calling for UK residents to report any sign of Yellow-legged ...

It's a Mother's Day weekend motherlode of new music releases with albums coming from Arcade Fire, Blake Shelton, Outkast's ...

The antivenom was made using antibodies from a human donor who had "hyper-immunity" to snake venom following exposure to a large number of lethal snakes. The donor, Tim Friede, a truck driver from ...

Tree-dwelling, solitary snake that feeds on birds ... The young are red or yellow colored and turn green adults—a characteristic not shared by snakes.