Before pythons and anacondas, 47-foot giants slithered through steamy rainforests. These prehistoric snakes redefined what ...

It’s toad-ally over. Amphibian- and reptile-lovers would no longer be able to collect native wild snakes, frogs or turtles and keep them as pets in Wisconsin. They would also be barred from entering ...

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...

Authorities intercepted hundreds of snake and turtle skins intended for the wildlife trade, including 445 python skins, at a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The National Museum of Asian Art, ...

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

Ophidiophobics, look away: things are about to get gnarly in a very snakey way. Snakes are, undeniably, demon animals. No, no ...

Marvin Garcia of Lovely Jumpers in Philadelphia said demand has skyrocketed in the past three years. Perched in his hand was a female regal jumping spider, a fuzzy arachnid about the size of a quarter ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

Baltimore Sheriff's deputies helped rescue 65 reptiles from a home after their owner died, officials said. Deputies and ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...