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

From powerful birds of prey to tiny songbirds, and blind snakes to miniscule flies, an impressive range of species have ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the contested 19.2 feet claim and why it remains unverified. King cobras (Ophiophagus hannah) are endemic to ...

The king cobra holds the record as the longest venomous snake, at 18.7 feet long. As apex predators, they prey on other snakes, shaping local ecosystems and venomous-snake populations. Read on to ...

A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted from Earth during the day. A study published this August in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Undocumented farmworkers have formed the backbone of California agriculture for more than a century, yet they face ...

Some people around the Sacramento area say they have been getting eaten alive by mosquitoes this November. Jake Hartle, deputy general manager with the Placer County Vector Control District, said the ...

It is, officially, one of our favorite times of the year! No, it’s no one’s birthday, nor is it a holiday (though maybe it should be). Instead, it’s the week that our sister brand People declares one ...

Ms. Gay writes about politics for Opinion. Ms. Gelinas and Mr. Barro are contributing Opinion writers. Mr. Guida is an editor in Times Opinion. On Thursday night the candidates for New York City mayor ...

A tiny chick was found clinging to life in the trash pile of an egg farm. The adorably named Tweety had been left for dead alongside the lifeless bodies of several other chicks at one of India’s ...