Scientists have discovered a novel metabolite in pythons that quells appetite without causing gastrointestinal side effects ...

A 30-year-old bank employee in Maharashtra's Kalyan died by suicide on Sunday, reportedly due to an overwhelming fear of contracting rabies after a stray dog bite. The man, identified as Ayas ...

Imagine walking into tall grass or working barefoot in a field … and suddenly feeling sharp pain on your foot. You've just been bitten by a snake. This is more than a moment of shock; it could be the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was earlier this month (Jan. 2) when Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson caught one of the heaviest pythons on record in Florida ...

A Florida python hunter recently captured a 202-pound Burmese python, one of the heaviest on record. Although not venomous, pythons have sharp, fang-like teeth that can cause painful bites. Invasive ...

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...

A surfer was bitten by a shark that broke his board in Northern California this week, in the state's first shark incident of the year. "It was like being hit by a car," Tommy Civik told Bay City News, ...

A California surfer was bitten by a shark Tuesday, suffering gruesome “puncture wounds,” in the first such attack in the state this year, according to the Coast Guard. Tommy Civik, 26, was chewed up ...

A mom from west-central Florida couldn’t believe what she saw a doctor doing after rushing her 4-year-old to the ER for a wild otter bite. Lauren, who did not share her full name, posted a clip on ...

A man was bitten by a shark off the coast of Catalina Island early Tuesday morning. The incident happened as the man was swimming from the island to the mainland around 1:30 a.m., according to Shaun ...

An 8-year-old boy was hospitalized after being bitten by a shark while snorkeling off Key Largo, Florida, on Labor Day, according to authorities. The boy was bitten at about 3:24 p.m. and airlifted to ...

Authorities say that an 11-year-old girl was bitten by a mountain lion in Malibu on Sunday night. Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 32500 block of the Pacific Coast Highway at around 5:45 p.m.