From blackwater rivers to hidden swamps, these North Carolina spots are home to some surprising residents. Here's what you ...

Explore the fascinating world of snakes in our latest video, "Snakes are Pretty Quick!" Discover the surprising speed and agility of these incredible reptiles. From the desert sands to the dense ...

“If a person or animal frightens a skunk, the skunk will most likely face the person, straighten its legs and arch its back, ...

In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill.

Dozens of species of snakes have been captured on high-speed cameras, with researchers finding vipers were the fastest, but an Australian snake was not far behind.

The crucial reef-building corals were decimated by a marine heat wave in the Florida Keys. Can advances in restoration help ...

Vipers have the fastest strikes, but snakes from other families can give some slower vipers stiff competition.

Florida officials have tripled the number of invasive Burmese Pythons removed in a year since partnering with a leather ...

There’s a place in eastern North Carolina where 90-foot cliffs rise dramatically above a lazy river, where cypress knees create natural sculptures along shorelines, and where the changing seasons ...

For nearly 90 years, the rare, “elusive” species — Rhabdophis angeli — seemed to have disappeared from the region where it was first discovered. Despite “extensive field surveys,” no other specimen ...

On a farm in southern India, agricultural workers dug into the damp soil and uncovered a 1-foot-long creature with “distinct” eyes. Something about the “lustrous” animal caught the attention of nearby ...