Isle Royale National Park's remote location in Lake Superior dramatically impacts the kinds of animals you'll find there.

Every year, venomous snakes kill more people worldwide than sharks, lions, and wolves combined—yet most of us barely give ...

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

Hot Springs National Park is home to a variety of wildlife, including black bears, bald eagles, bobcats, and more.

The fang blenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) mimics the appearance and dance of a cleaner wrasse, which tends to be tolerated ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Like a scene out of a horror movie, Michelle Lespron returned to her Tucson, Arizona, home to find a snake had set up camp in her toilet. “I’d been gone for four days and was looking ...

On a rainy night in northern Vietnam, a carnivorous creature with “hook”-like teeth emerged from hiding and moved “slowly” along the bank of a mountain stream. Something about it caught the attention ...

Meet the Chinese water deer, a rare species with remarkably long tusks that now roam parts of the U.K. after escaping from zoos nearly a century ago.