Georgia's largest snake is one of the biggest in the nation. What is it? Is it venomous? How dangerous is it? Where does it ...

Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

Snakes that eat humans have long captured our fear and fascination. In the dense jungles, wetlands, and forests of the world, ...

There have been no human deaths from wild-living Burmese pythons in Florida ... python through water in Florida Everglades Open wide: Florida’s invasive pythons can eat bigger prey than previously ...

An AI analysis of tooth marks in human bones has drastically re-dated the point in history when humans transitioned from ...

Health officials say the immediate threat is low — but the parasite’s arrival could have massive economic consequences, with billions in potential agricultural losses at stake. Stacey Leasca is an ...

The first confirmed U.S. human case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has been reported in Maryland, following the patient's travel to El Salvador. Federal and state officials emphasize ...

Sometimes I feel like I’m living in a "Jurassic Park" movie. If you’re thinking this is going to be a column about how much my kids are like dinosaurs you’re wrong (but that sounds both fun and ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Social media is full of claims that eating certain ...

Solomon Nunes Carvalho was a Baltimore painter and fledgling photographer when John C. Fremont, contacted him in 1853 and asked Carvalho to join him on a journey across the West. Carvalho was to make ...

Susan Bard, MD, is a board-certified general and procedural dermatologist with the American Board of Dermatology and a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery. Nick Blackmer is a librarian, ...