A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.

When you think of reptiles, you might imagine them as creatures that blend into their surroundings with subtle colours like ...

The RSPCA explains how to tell the difference between the three snakes native to the UK - the adder, grass snake and smooth snake.

The RSPCA explains how to tell the difference between the three snakes native to the UK - the adder, grass snake and smooth ...

Hummingbird chicks pretend to be a caterpillar to avoid being eaten, reveals new research. The tiny birds, smaller than a ...

Are Red Bellied Black Snakes Venomous? Yes, red-bellied black snakes are venomous, but their bites are rarely fatal to humans. The venom contains neurotoxins and myotoxins that can cause swelling, ...

Liberal judges on New York’s highest court sided with conservatives Thursday to reject a law that would have given noncitizens the right to vote. The law, passed by the New York City Council in ...

If you are bitten by a venomous snake, call 911. Austin-Travis County ... a potent neurotoxin that has turned up in blue-green algae growing in Lady Bird Lake and other local waterways.

Named after the mythical serpent Vasuki from Hindu mythology, Vasuki indicus belonged to the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, a group of large, non-venomous constrictor snakes. This discovery places it ...

Photos show the “ashy brown” coloring of the new species. Like other centipede snakes, the new species is venomous but “so far there are no reports of accidents, probably because it is a ...