Some classrooms have a class pet. Moniteau Jr./Sr. High School has about 25 of them. And the pets raised by students in Moniteau’s Creepers and Crawlers club don’t all just need to be ...

Meet the dogs, cats, horses, and one sheep who stole scenes, tested directors’ patience, and proved they’re every bit as ...

Thanatosis is the behavior of an animal playing dead. Read here to learn more about how and why animals feign dead!

A Florida resident got quite a surprise a few weeks ago when they found a nine-foot boa constrictor in their yard.

Some of the nearly 5,200 cold-stunned iguanas collected in South Florida were donated to an exotic leathers company and may ...

A silent disaster is unfolding in the Florida Everglades. An invasive giant snake, the Burmese python, has triggered a near total collapse of native wildlife, wiping out mammals, birds, and even young ...

Animal names often sound precise, but many are the result of early guesswork that never got corrected. Explorers, naturalists ...

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as ...

The tragic passing of fast-rising Nigerian singer Ifunaya “Nanyah” Nwangene, following a snake bite last weekend, has stirred a lot of grief and drawn reactions across social media. The deceased was ...

The state is focusing on animals doing the most harm. Ones taken off the 'Dirty Dozen' list include chameleons and the Cuban ...

Cozy climate and other factors align in Florida to make the state Earth’s playground for the most established, invasive ...

As temperatures in the Sunshine State have dipped into the 30s, invasive iguanas have temporarily frozen up, causing them to ...