Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

A giant water monitor lizard was rescued from floodwaters at a market in Thailand. The five-foot reptile was struggling in the high tide before locals placed it in a foam box in Samut Prakan, near ...

There are six species of venomous snakes in North Carolina, each with unique features and interesting behaviors.

In a starred review, PW wrote, "This volume contains witty poems filled with comic word play about 21 scaly, slimy creatures. From the Midwife Toad to the Poison-Dart Frogs, Florian finds mischievous ...

A few years ago, the owner of a house in Georgia captured an epic battle between a brown widow spider and a brown snake. Black widows are widely known as one of the most dangerous on Earth, but in ...

Protecting endangered animals and plants is the Center’s core mission. From miniscule, nearly invisible fairy shrimp to gray whales and towering redwoods, all species have an intrinsic right to thrive ...

History and nature come together at Limekiln State Park. The name comes from the old lime kilns still standing in the forest. These huge metal structures look like something from a science fiction ...

One day, Jonathan Losos found himself trying to capture a lizard on a research trip near the Bahamas. He's a professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis. JONATHAN LOSOS: It was a wily ...

Scientists found “long”-fingered creatures hiding near a mountain trail in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Xu, Gong, Nguyen, Deng, Bragin, Weng, Zhang, Poyarkov and Peng ...