With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the ...

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the relatively new invasive species is hard to spot ...

Snakes can sometimes be unwelcome guests in your garden or backyard, but you may inadvertently be giving them an invitation if you have these plants.

While an untold number of iguanas awoke from a cold-stunned torpor to continue on with their life, those that succumbed to the chill may be in trees.

Invasive species are all over America, and it’s very likely you may have seen them in your own backyard. Some species are so ...

Snakes may be feared, but many animals hunt them. Explore how predators adapt to venom, speed, and defense to shape ecosystems worldwide.

A new TV show is based in Florida — but much of it was filmed in North Carolina. The ABC crime drama “R.J. Decker” is set to ...

Summer will be here before we know it, and with it comes the season of camping trips, long hikes, and road adventures. It also brings that quiet confidence many of us have that if things ever went ...

"This is why the story of the invasive species appealed to me so much. This is something I can do. This is something I can help with." ...

As of 2026, more than 8,500 invasive species are established in the U.S., including plants, insects, reptiles, amphibians, ...

It’s not your fault you’re afraid of snakes. Really: A 2001 Gallup poll found that a whopping 56 percent of Americans are nervous around the slithery critters, topping other common fears like public ...

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 ...