A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

The secretary bird is a masterful predator, using its long legs and powerful talons to deliver deadly blows to its prey. In ...

Millions get bitten by snakes each year, and tens of thousands of those victims die. Now, global health experts are trying to ...

Flows have been higher in other years, but parking lots were full of visitors' cars and selfies were taken in abundance on Monday.

A startling milestone has been reached in Florida’s war against the invasive Burmese pythons eating their way across the ...

Shiny, low-relief animals and icons made from hammered tin contrast with vibrant horizontal-striped serape textile ...

Timber rattlesnakes are the most common rattlesnake in Alabama. Also known as the canebreak rattlesnake, it’s found throughout the state, though it’s significantly less common on the Gulf Coast, ...

U.S. river cruises are an easy and enjoyable vacation option. Find out which cruise lines sail on which American rivers.

As a group, snakes eat almost anything from insects, frogs, and fish, to lizards, small birds ... big draw for snakes, not only for copperheads but also timber rattlesnakes. They’re a good place to ...

The invasive brown tree snake hunted several Guam bird species to extinction, and the Guam rail, or ko’ko’, was almost one of those. But in 1984, the last remaining ko’ko’ on the island ...

According to the Florida Wildlife photographer, Marcos Rodriguez, the shot came after a brutal 20-minute battle in the wild between a Great Blue Heron and a banded water snake that blurred the ...