The more educated you are, the less fear you have," said Jason Compton, CEO of the snake identification application SnakeSnap ...

When it comes to Florida’s creepy crawly critters, experts want residents to believe in the power of facts over fear.

The beginning of the World Atlas report on seven most rattlesnake infested areas in South Carolina sounds like something from ...

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the ...

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...

Spring marks the busiest time of year for the Oklahoma Poison Center, with spikes in exposure to all kinds of venomous or toxic animals and plants. The Oklahoma Poison Center and the University of ...

The pygmy rattlesnake lives in the pine barrens of Sand Hills State Forest in Chesterfield County. Their small size — no more than 2 feet — and coloring make them hard to see and their faint ...

Believe it or not, the Metro Richmond Zoo’s precious Poppy was merely the last arrival in a personality-packed lineup of newborn pygmy hippos in the last year. Moo Deng is arguably the most famous ...

Rattlesnake season, when Nevadans may see one of the state's six species during the day or at night, begins each March as the Las Vegas Valley gets warmer. The snakes are most active through October.

Below are the 5 biggest and most dangerous snakes in Louisiana. 5. Pygmy Rattlesnake - 12-24 inches long, 1 to 2 feet long.

The discovery of a second headless carcass belonging to an endangered pygmy elephant in the forests of Malaysia’s Sabah has raised alarm over a resurgence of ivory poaching, with ...