Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

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“They are the ones that have to be able to strike as quickly as possible,” says Alistair Evans, a zoologist at Monash University in Melbourne. It typically takes mammals between 60 to 400 milliseconds ...

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The Jake and Spike Show, weekdays from 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Last month, a maintenance team discovered four baby ball pythons thousands of miles away from their natural habitat in a local nature preserve ...

Killing a snake on public land in South Carolina is illegal and carries a potential fine or jail time. While it's legal to kill a snake on private property, it's discouraged due to the risk of bites; ...

Found throughout the eastern and southern U.S., copperheads can easily survive in developed areas like suburban neighborhoods, which is one of the reason the species is responsible for the most ...

Well, how the tables turn... The Little Elm Police Department had to step in and rescue the Little Elm Fire Department after an unwelcome visitor greeted them. In a hilarious recount, accompanied by a ...

Trapping snakes in Florida is permitted, but they must be released in the correct location or humanely euthanized within 24 hours. Most snakes in Florida are non-venomous and beneficial to the ...

Shaun Micheel thought his ball was getting eaten — at best, just chomped up like a Tic Tac — which would have made for quite a ruling. One could imagine the scene: A rules official walking up, asking ...

Venomous animals deliver toxins by wounding another animal while poisonous animals deliver toxins passively, as another creature touches or ingests it. New Jersey is home to 22 types of snakes, two of ...

Finding a snake anywhere could be many people's worst nightmare. But not for Explore ATX founder Nick Hayden. He recently posted a video on his brand's Instagram account of a snake-infested pond along ...