Spotting a snake by a pond, stream, or even your backyard may seem scary. Often people mistake harmless water snakes with ...

A hyena is no easy target, with powerful jaws and a reputation for holding its own against lions and leopards, yet one ...

While Burmese pythons are not venomous, their bites are common and feel like needles tearing through the skin. Invasive pythons have severely impacted Florida's small mammal populations in the ...

Back in January, Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson caught one of the heaviest pythons on record in Florida. His catch, a 16-foot, 10-inch female python hiding in the Big Cypress National Preserve, ...

The Nile is one of the most important rivers in human history—but it may also be one of the most dangerous. Stretching across thousands of miles of Africa, it supports an astonishing concentration of ...

Walt Disney World in Orlando got a new roller coaster on May 26. Well, an old rollercoaster got a new makeover: the Aerosmith Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, which opened at the park’s Disney’s Hollywood ...

Burmese pythons, a prolific and invasive species of snake, could cause the extinction of an endangered rodent native to Florida. According to a recent paper, the populations of Key Largo woodrats and ...

Every animal on this planet has a right to live, regardless of whether they are perceived as cute or scary. Each species serves a vital purpose in our ecosystem. This video features a beautiful Rock ...

The world’s first dentist was a Neanderthal, according to a recent study. 59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they ...

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction film follows a variety of American oddballs chasing grisly snake-hunting glory in the annual Florida Python Challenge. Where that doc series had the ...

Rock God Brewing Company will celebrate its nine year anniversary with a performance by alternative rock band Kitchen Teeth at 3 p.m., Saturday, at the brewery at 459 Rooney Ave., Danville. Last June, ...

Pythons are not the easiest animals to find. This well camouflaged and secretive species is able to blend perfectly into the environment. Detection rates for pythons are low, and on average it takes ...