Kentucky has a slew of snake species, but very few are venomous. Find out how to spot them before your next hike.

Pythons have been an invasive species in Florida since their introduction. However, the python problem may be even worse due ...

Happy Snake Day! These Louisiana experts hope you'll make forked-tongue friends, not foes. “If we didn’t have snakes, we’d be ...

Known to science as Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly can be found across Central and South America. A reasonably common ...

Summer’s here and so are the stings. From nettles to ticks to jellyfish, here’s how to treat (and avoid) the season’s most ...

Veterinary Specialists of Birmingham has already seen dozens of snake bite cases this summer. Dr. Laura Alverson says they ...

Snakes play a valuable role in maintaining pest populations. Most snakes you’ll see in your yard are more of a nuisance than ...

They bite, excrete acid, asphyxiate their prey and create huge super colonies that are hard to kill. What to know ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved further ...

An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear ...

The development of a wireless miniature backpack for cyborg insects incorporating wireless communication, low power, obstacle avoidance, and human survivor detection remains challenging. This study ...