Zoom in: Festival of the Cranes runs through Sunday at Wheeler Wildlife Refuge and in downtown Decatur, with a stacked lineup ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

The City of Kingston stopped all New Year’s pyrotechnics a couple of years ago. The last fireworks display on New Year’s Eve ...

Qi Weihao recently welcomed a new family member – a beautiful, highly venomous, blue snake. The 21-year-old from central Jiangxi province bought the Indonesian pit viper for 1,850 yuan ($260) two days ...

For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90 million acres — about the size of Montana — and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ...

In a secret spot at Smith College’s MacLeish Field Station in nearby Whately, Massachusetts, students have constructed a welcoming winter home—for shy reptiles, that is. The hidden hibernaculum is a ...

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A University of Florida study found that snake bites in the state are an understudied but avoidable risk. Most venomous snake bites in Florida occurred when people, primarily men, intentionally ...

A yard with flowery trees and green bushes - Dejavu Designs/Getty Images Your yard is alive with wild animals. From sing-song birds to mischievous squirrels to — snakes? That's right: snakes are ...