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

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

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.

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 ...

With stunning mountain ranges, flat coastal plains, and the rolling fields of the Piedmont plateau region, North Carolina has ...

The mimic glass lizard is one of three legless varieties found in North Carolina and is losing habitat and numbers along the ...

Mimic glass lizards have been steadily declining and are at imminent risk of extinction, experts have warned. Their already small and isolated populations are threatened by habitat destruction and ...

Tali Moyle, an ecologist specializing in wildlife reintroductions, visited Gawler Ranges National Park in late September and came face-to-face with a carpet python, the National Parks and Wildlife ...