African and Indian rock pythons are two of the largest constricting snakes found across the Old World. Both are non-venomous ...

A 15ft python named Jodie Foster is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment ...

The rise in short-sightedness is not directly caused by too much screen time, but a related change in children's behaviour.

A South Carolina woman running a lottery errand for her dad decided to grab a scratch-off ticket for herself and ended up ...

Rare reticulated python morphs fill this extended showcase with an enormous range of colors, patterns, and genetic combinations. The handler identifies snakes featuring traits such as titanium, ...

The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is on track to become the deadliest on record. Why is controlling the virus a major challenge? Are ...

A pair of loose goats wandered into a transit station in Portland, Ore., and even briefly boarded a bus before fleeing the ...

New reptile exhibits are live at the zoo, which recently acquired a Chinese alligator and a leaf-tailed gecko named Mort, though reptiles aren’t the only new upgrades.

Seeing one mother’s entire group of baby reticulated pythons creates a fascinating reptile moment. The keeper gathers the young snakes together and points out the wide range of colors and patterns ...

High in the forested canopy of Democratic Republic of Congo, an all-black monkey turned its back to a photographer’s camera. The partial image taken in 2008 revealed little more than the monkey’s dark ...

Punch, the monkey who was abandoned by his mother after being born, is growing up. He celebrated his first birthday on Sunday with about 2,500 cards from around the world. The letters are on display ...

Now settled among more than 60 monkeys on Monkey Mountain, Punch depends on his toy less each day Punch, a Japanese macaque abandoned at birth, bonded with a plush orangutan that helped him survive ...