The giant garter snake is now California’s official state snake. Discover its unique traits and habitat challenges.

For years, Denton County residents have spotted their share of harmless snakes, but never a Western Diamondback rattlesnake — ...

Discover the world's smallest snakes, often overlooked but vital to nature. These tiny creatures, some no bigger than an ...

A mushroom that hisses, smokes, and looks like a star when it blooms. Here’s why the Texas Star, aka the Devil’s Cigar, ...

A criminal complaint obtained by ValleyCentral details the discovery of a man attempting to smuggle over 100 reptiles and arthropods into Mexico. On Oct. 22, ...

A total of 166 reptiles and arthropods were identified within the vehicle, including dozens of pythons, numerous lizards, ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

Border officials say they stopped a truck trying to leave the U.S. packed with 163 exotic animals—including pythons, ...

The Rio Grande winds more than 1,800 miles through the American Southwest and northern Mexico, carving its way through snowy mountain canyons and dusty desert valleys to the Gulf of Mexico. Beneath ...

They said “watch out for snakes.” We thought they meant metaphorical ones. A Texas treasure hunt for lost jewelry turned into a live-action nature documentary no one asked for starring one angry ...

We learned plenty about the SEC in Week 9. To cap off the night, No. 3 Texas A&M hammered No. 20 LSU in a one-sided affair in Death Valley. The Aggies actually trailed at halftime before catching fire ...