A hissing sound from the kitchen is usually a sign of a gas leak or a faulty faucet. But, for a woman in Sydney, Australia, the suspicious sound came from a perhaps more unsettling source. When she ...

A herpetologist in France has captured a remarkable photo of a snake choking as it attempted to eat a fish the size of its own head. While many snake species eat fish — and many can open their jaws ...

A snake handler attending a callout in Ormeau, Australia, came across an unusual sight. Mitchell Thorburn, of Gold Coast Snake Catchers, found one of the deadliest snake species in the country, an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous ...

Half of it likes sardines. The other half makes a chewing motion when its counterpart eats. They don't yet have a name. A reptilian pet store in the United Kingdom recently got a 'a bit of a shock' ...

As darkness descended on a man's chicken coops in Sivasagar, India, he noticed something inside that shouldn't be there. A black-colored snake was in the coop, the 45-year-old said, and hoping to save ...

A recent discovery in northern Kuwait has captivated archaeologists- - a small, unusual clay head, thought to be around 7,500 years old, has been discovered at the Bahra 1 site in the Al-Subiyah ...

A snake in France had a lucky escape after attempting to eat a fish with a spiny dorsal fin that had gotten lodged into the reptile's esophagus. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...