For 40 years, scientists called this green snake by the wrong name. DNA just exposed the truth hiding in a Chinese forest.

The opossums wear collars that send a signal to researchers when the mammal is eaten, revealing the snake's location.

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

Draped in a uniform coat of vibrant grass-green and possessing eyes that shimmer like amber, a newly discovered pitviper is ...

A vivid green pitviper hiding in Sichuan’s misty mountains has been revealed as a completely new species. Scientists had ...

Three years after Florida wildlife officers mistakenly killed a pregnant pet boa constrictor named Big Shirl, the snake’s ...

Mistaken euthanasia during a python crackdown led to graphic scenes new state rules and a long legal fight over a rare ...

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

Watch your step at these six most rattlesnake-infested areas in Louisiana. Here's why rattlesnakes are abundant at these ...

Python-derived pTOS shows promise as a side-effect-free appetite suppressant, offering a new path for weight loss and metabolic therapies.