The confrontation between a poison dart frog and a king cobra has received a lot of attention in cyberspace as an interesting ...

Following are questions readers have asked about snakes in and around the house. They sometimes send photos to help with ...

Although I was experienced at catching live rattlers, it only took one small mistake for everything to go sideways ...

Students in St. Joseph High School’s zoology class recently made an intriguing discovery while dissecting reptiles.

This is the Trail Report, a weekly email newsletter from reporter Maura Fox about hikes and San Diego County’s outdoors. Sign up to get it in your inbox first, every Friday. I was hunched over a Baja ...

If you live anywhere in copperhead country, you may hear people warn that “baby copperhead season” is coming as summer winds ...

Incorporate a raised bed for favorite vegetables and let native flowers growing nearby entice pollinators to increase your ...

Well, yes, we love the pollinator poster child, the Monarch butterfly. Some even try to hand-raise them but studies show if ...

Slither into this Deadly quiz and test your knowledge on the creatures Steve finds on his adventures through Slovenia.

Sadly, not every encounter with a cat, dog, cow, or elephant goes the way we'd like. Perhaps the critter has already had a ...