Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

Often dismissed as pests, opossums are among the most misunderstood mammals in North America. When threatened, they don’t choose to “play dead” — they involuntarily enter a stress-induced comatose ...

A silent disaster is unfolding in the Florida Everglades. An invasive giant snake, the Burmese python, has triggered a near ...

Cannibalism in snakes has usually appeared as a footnote rather than a focus. It shows up in old field notebooks, brief case ...

Paul Rosolie, a man who recorded a snake eating him alive, explained how he had almost been killed by one previously.

Brown tree snakes, which are invasive in Guam, have caused local extinctions of bird and bat species. Eradication efforts are ...

He once let an anaconda try to eat him on television. Now Paul Rosolie reveals an even closer brush with death that reshaped his views on snakes and conservation.

In this fun video, Carl Jackson and his children show off their near-record python catch using their own bodies for ...

Thanatosis is the behavior of an animal playing dead. Read here to learn more about how and why animals feign dead!

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive Burmese python?

Parents who believe in Chinese astrology secretly wish for kids with specific animal signs thought to be destined for good ...

Ancient people of Mount Athos, Greece probably owed their longevity to their bizarre eating habits. Let's take a look at the ...