The United States is fortunate to contain numerous rivers teeming with life – including fish, amphibians, birds, mammals and ...

Explore the diverse native fish of the Snake River and learn about their habitat, diet, size, ecological role, and other ...

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

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

Few actions in nature inspire more fear and fascination than snake bites. And the venomous reptiles have to move fast to sink ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

Reptiles produce crystal "pee," which, in humans, would cause gout or kidney stones. But this seems to be working out great ...

An Australian boy died after being told to "sleep off" his venomous snake bite. Don't do that if one of Ohio's three venomous ...

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 ...

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

Celebrate California's biodiversity with the newly designated state snake and shrub: the Giant Garter Snake and Bigberry Manzanita. Learn what makes them special.

Did you know that Vermont only has one venomous snakes species? Out of the 11 snake species that live in Vermont, the Timber Rattlesnake is the only one that is venomous, having a triangle-shaped head ...